Usp30 inhibitors and methods of use

ABSTRACT

Inhibitors of USP30 and methods of using inhibitors of USP30 are provided. In some embodiments, methods of treating conditions involving mitochondrial defects are provided.

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1. Field

Inhibitors of USP30 and methods of using inhibitors of USP30 areprovided. In some embodiments, methods of treating conditions involvingmitochondrial defects are provided.

2. Background

Mitophagy is a specialized autophagy pathway that eliminatesmitochondria through degradation by lysosomes. As such, it removesmitochondria during normal cellular turnover of organelles, duringmaturation of erythrocytes, and following fertilization to eliminatesperm-derived mitochondria. Mitophagy also mediates the clearance ofdamaged mitochondria, an important aspect of mitochondria qualitycontrol. Defective or excess mitochondria, if left uncleared, may becomean aberrant source of oxidative stress and compromise healthymitochondria through mitochondrial fusion. In yeast, selective blockadeof mitophagy causes increased production of reactive oxygen species(ROS) by excess mitochondria and loss of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA).Impaired mitochondria quality control could also affect key biosyntheticpathways, ATP production, and Ca2+ buffering, and disturb overallcellular homeostasis.

Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerativedisorder after Alzheimer's disease (AD), is characterized mostprominently by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.Although the pathogenic mechanisms of PD are not clear, several lines ofevidence suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction is central to PD. MPTP,a mitochondrial toxin, damages dopamine neurons and produces clinicalparkinsonism in humans. Epidemiologic evidence links PD with exposure topesticides such as rotenone (a complex I inhibitor) and paraquat (anoxidative stressor). Consistent with mitochondrial impairment, reducedcomplex I activity and high levels of mt-DNA mutations have been foundin substantia nigra from PD patients. Similarly, functional andmorphological changes in mitochondria are present in genetic models ofPD. Perhaps most compellingly, early-onset familial PD can be caused bymutations in Parkin ubiquitin-ligase and PINK1 serine/threonine proteinkinase, both of which function to maintain healthy mitochondria throughregulating mitochondrial dynamics and quality control.

Genetic studies in flies established that PINK1 acts upstream of Parkinto maintain proper mitochondria morphology and function. PINK1 recruitsParkin from the cytoplasm to the surface of damaged mitochondria,leading to Parkin-mediated ubiquitination of mitochondrial outermembrane proteins and removal of damaged mitochondria by mitophagy.PD-associated mutations in either PINK1 or Parkin impair Parkinrecruitment, mitochondrial ubiquitination and mitophagy. Parkinregulates multiple aspects of mitochondrial function such asmitochondrial dynamics and trafficking, and may also influencemitochondria biogenesis. The degradation of a broad range of outermitochondrial membrane proteins on damaged mitochondria appears to beaffected by Parkin. Among these mitochondria associated proteins, MIRO,a component of the mitochondria-kinesin motor adaptor complex, may be ashared substrate of both Parkin and PINK-1.

Parkin expression and/or activity can be impaired through geneticmutations in familial PD or by phosphorylation in sporadic PD. In thecontext of the inherently high mitochondrial oxidative stress insubstantia nigra dopamine neurons, loss of Parkin-mediated mitochondrialquality control could explain the greater susceptibility of substantianigra neurons to neurodegeneration. Promoting clearance of damagedmitochondria and enhancing mitochondrial quality control could bebeneficial in PD.

SUMMARY

In some embodiments, methods of increasing mitophagy in a cell areprovided. In some embodiments, the method comprises contacting the cellwith an inhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments, methods of increasing mitochondrial ubiquitinationin a cell are provided. In some embodiments, methods of increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, atleast nine, at least ten, at least eleven, at least twelve, at leastthirteen, or fourteen proteins selected from Tom20, MIRO, MUL1, ASNS,FKBP8, TOM70, MAT2B, PRDX3, IDE, VDAC1, VDAC2, VDAC3, IP05, PSD13,UBP13, and PTH2 in a cell are provided. In some embodiments, the methodcomprises contacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination ofat least one, at least two, or three amino acids selected from K56, K61,and K68 of Tom 20. In some embodiments, the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, or eight amino acidsselected from K153, K187, K330, K427, K512, K535, K567, and K572 ofMIRO. In some embodiments, the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, or three amino acidsselected from K273, K299, and K52 of MUL1. In some embodiments, themethod comprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one, at leasttwo, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, atleast seven, at least eight, or nine amino acids selected from K147,K168, K176, K221, K244, K275, K478, K504, and K556 of ASNS. In someembodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at leastone, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, atleast six, at least seven, or eight amino acids selected from K249,K271, K273, K284, K307, K317, K334, and K340 of FKBP8. In someembodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at leastone, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, atleast six, at least seven, at least eight, at least nine, or at leastten amino acids selected from K78, K120, K123, K126, K129, K148, K168,K170, K178, K185, K204, K230, K233, K245, K275, K278, K312, K326, K349,K359, K441, K463, K470, K471, K494, K501, K524, K536, K563, K570, K599,K600, and K604 of TOM70. In some embodiments, the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,or four amino acids selected from K209, K245, K316, and K326 of MAT2B.In some embodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination ofat least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, or five aminoacids selected from K83, K91, K166, K241, and K253 of PRDX3. In someembodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at leastone, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, or sixamino acids selected from K558, K657, K854, K884, K929, and K933 of IDE.In some embodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination ofat least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at leastfive, at least six, or seven amino acids selected from K20, K53, K61,K109, K110, K266, and K274 of VDAC1. In some embodiments, the methodcomprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, atleast three, at least four, at least five, or six amino acids selectedfrom K31, K64, K120, K121, K277, and K285 of VDAC2. In some embodiments,the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one, at leasttwo, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, atleast seven, or eight amino acids selected from K20, K53, K61, K109,K110, K163, K266, and K274 of VDAC3. In some embodiments, the methodcomprises increasing ubiquitination of at at least one, at least two, atleast three, at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven,at least eight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected fromK238, K353, K436, K437, K548, K556, K613, K678, K690, K705, K775, andK806 of IP05. In some embodiments, the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, atleast nine, or at least ten amino acids selected from K2, K32, K99,K115, K122, K132, K161, K186, K313, K321, K347, K350, and K361 of PSD13.In some embodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination ofat least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at leastfive, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, at least nine, or atleast ten amino acids selected from K18, K190, K259, K326, K328, K401,K405, K414, K418, K435, K586, K587, and K640 of UBP13. In someembodiments, the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at leastone, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, atleast six, at least seven, at least eight, or nine amino acids selectedfrom 47, 76, 81, 95, 106, 119, 134, 171, 177 of PTH2.

In some embodiments, the cell is under oxidative stress. In someembodiments, methods of reducing oxidative stress in a cell areprovided. In some embodiments, a method comprises contacting the cellwith an inhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments, the cell comprises a pathogenic mutation in Parkin,a pathogenic mutation in PINK1, or a pathogenic mutation in Parkin and apathogenic mutation in PINK1. Nonlimiting exemplary pathogenic mutationsin Parkin are shown in Table 1. Thus, in some embodiments, thepathogenic mutation in Parkin is selected from the mutations in Table 1.Nonlimiting exemplary pathogenic mutations in PINK1 are shown in Table2. In some embodiments, the pathogenic mutation in PINK1 selected fromthe mutations in Table 2.

In various embodiments, the cell is selected from a neuron, a cardiaccell, and a muscle cell. In some such embodiments, the cell is ex vivoor in vitro. Alternatively, in some such embodiments, the cell iscomprised in a subject.

In some embodiments, methods of treating conditions involvingmitochondrial defects in a subject are provided. In some embodiments,the method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount ofan inhibitor of USP30. In some embodiments, the condition involving amitochondrial defect is selected from a condition involving a mitophagydefect, a condition involving a mutation in mitochondrial DNA, acondition involving mitochondrial oxidative stress, a conditioninvolving a defect in mitochondrial shape or morphology, a conditioninvolving a defect in mitochondrial membrane potential, and a conditioninvolving a lysosomal storage defect.

In some embodiments, the condition involving a mitochondrial defect isselected from a neurodegenerative disease; mitochondrial myopathy,encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)syndrome; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON); neuropathy,ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa-maternally inherited Leigh syndrome(NARP-MILS); Danon disease; ischemic heart disease leading to myocardialinfarction; multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD); mucolipidosis II (MLII); mucolipidosis III (ML III); mucolipidosis IV (ML IV);GM1-gangliosidosis (GM1); neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCL1); Alpersdisease; Barth syndrome; Beta-oxidation defects;carnitine-acyl-carnitine deficiency; carnitine deficiency; creatinedeficiency syndromes; co-enzyme Q10 deficiency; complex I deficiency;complex II deficiency; complex III deficiency; complex IV deficiency;complex V deficiency; COX deficiency; chronic progressive externalophthalmoplegia syndrome (CPEO); CPT I deficiency; CPT II deficiency;glutaric aciduria type II; Kearns-Sayre syndrome; lactic acidosis;long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency (LCHAD); Leigh disease orsyndrome; lethal infantile cardiomyopathy (LIC); Luft disease; glutaricaciduria type II; medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency(MCAD); myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber (MERRF) syndrome;mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome; mitochondrial cytopathy;mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome; myoneurogastointestinal disorderand encephalopathy; Pearson syndrome; pyruvate carboxylase deficiency;pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; POLG mutations; medium/short-chain3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (M/SCHAD) deficiency; and verylong-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase (VLCAD) deficiency.

In some embodiments, methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases areprovided. In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to asubject an effective amount of an inhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments, the neurodegenerative disease is selected fromAlzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), Huntington's disease, ischemia, stroke, dementia with Lewybodies, and frontotemporal dementia.

In some embodiments, methods of treating Parkinson's disease areprovided. In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to asubject an effective amount of an inhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments, methods of treating conditions involving cellsundergoing oxidative stress are provided. In some embodiments, themethod comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of aninhibitor of USP30.

In some embodiments involving treatment of a subject, the subjectcomprises a pathogenic mutation in Parkin, a pathogenic mutation inPINK1, or a pathogenic mutation in Parkin and a pathogenic mutation inPINK1 in at least a portion of the subject's cells. In some embodiments,the pathogenic mutation in Parkin is selected from the mutations inTable 1. In some embodiments, the pathogenic mutation in PINK1 isselected from the mutations in Table 2.

In some embodiments, the inhibitor of USP30 is administered orally,intramuscularly, intravenously, intraarterially, intraperitoneally, orsubcutaneously. In some embodiments, the method comprises administeringat least one additional therapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the atleast one additional therapeutic agent is selected from levodopa, adopamine agonist, a monoamino oxygenase (MAO) B inhibitor, a catecholO-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, an anticholinergic, amantadine,riluzole, a cholinesterase inhibitor, memantine, tetrabenazine, anantipsychotic, clonazepam, diazepam, an antidepressant, and ananti-convulsant.

In any of the methods described herein, the inhibitor of USP30 may be aninhibitor of USP30 expression. Nonlimiting exemplary inhibitors of USP30expression include antisense oligonucleotides and short interfering RNAs(siRNAs). In any of the methods described herein, the inhibitor of USP30may be an inhibitor of USP30 activity. Nonlimiting exemplary inhibitorsof USP30 activity include antibodies, peptides, peptibodies, aptamers,and small molecules.

In some embodiments, a peptide inhibitor of USP30 comprises the aminoacid sequence:

X₁X₂CX₃X₄X₅X₆X₇X₈X₉X₁₀X₁₁CX₁₂ (SEQ ID NO: 48)

wherein:

X₁ is selected from L, M, A, S, and V;

X₂ is selected from Y, D, E, I, L, N, and S;

X₃ is selected from F, I, and Y;

X₄ is selected from F, I, and Y;

X₅ is selected from D and E;

X₆ is selected from L, M, V, and P;

X₇ is selected from S, N, D, A, and T;

X₈ is selected from Y, D, F, N, and W;

X₉ is selected from G, D, and E;

X₁₀ is selected from Y and F;

X₁₀ is selected from L, V, M, Q, and W; and

X₁₂ is selected from F, L, C, V, and Y.

In some embodiments, a peptide inhibitor of USP30 peptide comprises anamino acid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, atleast 95%, or 100% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from SEQID NOs: 1 to 22. In some embodiments, the peptide inhibits USP30 with anIC50 of less than 10 μM. In some embodiments, the IC50 of a peptideinhibitor of USP30 for at least one, at least two, or at least threepeptidases selected from USP7, USP5, UCHL3, and USP2 is greater than 20μM, greater than 30 μM, greater than 40 μM, or greater than 50 μM.

In some embodiments, an antisense oligonucleotide comprises a nucleotidesequence that is at least at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, atleast 95%, or 100% complementary to a region of USP30 mRNA and/or aregion of USP30 pre-mRNA. In some embodiments, the region of USP30 mRNAor region of USP30 pre-mRNA is at least at least 10, at least 15, atleast 20, at least 25, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, or at least 100 nucleotideslong. In some embodiments, the antisense oligonucleotide is 10 to 500nucleotides long, or 10 to 400 nucleotides long, or 10 to 300nucleotides long, or 10 to 200 nucleotides long, or 10 to 100nucleotides long, or 15 to 100 nucleotides long, or 10 to 50 nucleotideslong, or 15 to 50 nucleotides long. An antisense oligonucleotide maycomprise one or more non-nucleotide components.

In some embodiments, an siRNA comprises a nucleotide sequence that is atleast at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or 100%identical to a region of USP30 mRNA and/or a region of USP30 pre-mRNA.In some embodiments, the region of USP30 mRNA or region of USP30pre-mRNA is at least at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, or at least25 nucleotides long. In some embodiments, the siRNA is 10 to 200nucleotides long, or 10 to 100 nucleotides long, or 15 to 100nucleotides long, or 10 to 60 nucleotides long, or 15 to 60 nucleotideslong, or 10 to 50 nucleotides long, or 15 to 50 nucleotides long, or 10to 30 nucleotides long, or 15 to 30 nucleotides long. In someembodiments, an siRNA is an shRNA.

An embodiment of the present invention is an inhibitor of USP30 for thetreatment of a condition involving a mitochondrial defect in a subject.In a particular embodiment the condition involving a mitochondrialdefect is selected from a condition involving a mitophagy defect, acondition involving a mutation in mitochondrial DNA, a conditioninvolving mitochondrial oxidative stress, a condition involving a defectin mitochondrial shape or morphology, a condition involving a defect inmitochondrial membrane potential, and a condition involving a lysosomalstorage defect. in another particular embodiment the condition involvinga mitochondrial defect is selected from a neurodegenerative disease;mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-likeepisodes (MELAS) syndrome; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON);neuropathy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa-maternally inherited Leighsyndrome (NARP-MILS); Danon disease; ischemic heart disease leading tomyocardial infarction; multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD);mucolipidosis II (ML II); mucolipidosis III (ML III); mucolipidosis IV(ML IV); GM1-gangliosidosis (GM1); neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses(NCL1); Alpers disease; Barth syndrome; Beta-oxidation defects;carnitine-acyl-carnitine deficiency; carnitine deficiency; creatinedeficiency syndromes; co-enzyme Q10 deficiency; complex I deficiency;complex II deficiency; complex III deficiency; complex IV deficiency;complex V deficiency; COX deficiency; chronic progressive externalophthalmoplegia syndrome (CPEO); CPT I deficiency; CPT II deficiency;glutaric aciduria type II; Kearns-Sayre syndrome; lactic acidosis;long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency (LCHAD); Leigh disease orsyndrome; lethal infantile cardiomyopathy (LIC); Luft disease; glutaricaciduria type II; medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency(MCAD); myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber (MERRF) syndrome;mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome; mitochondrial cytopathy;mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome; myoneurogastointestinal disorderand encephalopathy; Pearson syndrome; pyruvate carboxylase deficiency;pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; POLG mutations; medium/short-chain3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (M/SCHAD) deficiency; and verylong-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase (VLCAD) deficiency. In a moreparticular embodiment the neurodegenerative disease is selected fromAlzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), Huntington's disease, ischemia, stroke, dementia with Lewybodies, and frontotemporal dementia.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an inhibitor of USP30 forthe treatment of a neurodegenerative disease in a subject comprisingadministering to the subject. In a particular embodiment, theneurodegenerative disease is selected from Parkinson's disease,Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), ischemia, stroke, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporaldementia.

Also an embodiment of the present invention is an inhibitor of USP30 forthe treatment of Parkinson's disease in a subject.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the inhibitor of USP30is administered orally, intramuscularly, intravenously, intraarterially,intraperitoneally, or subcutaneously.

In a particular embodiment of the present invention. the inhibitor ofUSP30 for the use in a treatment as described herein is combined with atleast one additional therapeutic agent. in a further particularembodiment, the at least one additional therapeutic agent is selectedfrom levodopa, a dopamine agonist, a monoamino oxygenase (MAO) Binhibitor, a catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, ananticholinergic, amantadine, riluzole, a cholinesterase inhibitor,memantine, tetrabenazine, an antipsychotic, clonazepam, diazepam, anantidepressant, and an anti-convulsant.

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FIG. 1A shows immunostaining of HeLa cells cotransfected withGFP-Parkin, and individual FLAG-tagged DUBs. Following 24 hours ofexpression, cells were treated with CCP (20 μM, 24 h) and immunostainedfor GFP, FLAG, and endogenous Tom20. Representative images are shown forFLAG-tagged USP30, DUBA2, UCH-L1, USP15 and ATXN3; other DUBs are notshown. Scale bar, 10 μm. FIG. 1B shows immunostaining of SH-SY5Y cellscotransfected with GFP-Parkin and the indicated control (β-Gal) andUSP30 constructs. Following 24 hours of expression, cells were treatedwith CCCP (20 μM, 24 h) and immunostained for myc, FLAG, and endogenousTom20 and HSP60 (Scale bar, 5 μm). FIG. 1C shows quantification ofpercent of cells with Tom20 or HSP60 staining from FIG. 1B (***p<0.001by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. N=3 experiments.Error bars represent SEM). FIG. 1D shows quantification of total Tom20and HSP60 fluorescence intensity per cell from FIG. 1B (**p<0.01 byOne-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. n=63, 67 and 54 cellsfor control (β-Gal), USP30-FLAG and USP30-C77S-FLAG groups,respectively. N=3 experiments. Error bars represent SEM). Figure l Eshows quantification of percent of cells containing Parkin clusters fromFIG. 1B (***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test.N=3 experiments. Error bars represent SEM).

FIG. 2A shows immunostaining of transfected USP30-FLAG (red) andmitochondria-targeted GFP (green) in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.Merge is shown in color; individual channels in gray-scale. Scale bar, 5μm. FIG. 2B shows immunostaining of SH-Sy5Y cells transfected withcontrol or USP30 siRNA. Following 3 days of knockdown, cells were fixedand immunostained for endogenous USP30 and HSP60. USP30 siRNA primarilydecreased mitochondrial USP30 antibody staining (Scale bar, 5 μm).Higher magnification images of the boxed regions are shown on the rightpanel (Scale bar, 2 μm). FIG. 2C shows immunoblots of cytoplasm- andmitochondria-enriched fractions from rat brain with USP30, HSP60, andGAPDH antibodies. FIG. 2D shows immunostaining of SH-SY5Y cellscotransfected with GFP-Parkin and the indicated control (β-Gal) andUSP30 constructs. Following 24 hours of expression, cells were treatedwith CCCP (20 μM, 4 h) and immunostained for GFP, FLAG, and endogenousTom20 and polyubiquitin chains (detected with the FK2 antibody) (Scalebar, 5 μm). FIG. 2E is a plot showing the quantification ofmitochondria-associated polyubiquitin staining intensity normalized bymitochondrial area from FIG. 2D (integrated fluorescence intensity ofmitochondrial FK2 staining/area of Tom20 staining) (***p<0.001 byOne-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. n=61, 45 and 59 cellsfor β-Gal, USP30-FLAG and USP30-C77S-FLAG groups, respectively. Errorbars represent SEM). FIG. 2F shows immunoblots of cell lysates fromGFP-Parkin expressing stable HEK-293 cells transfected with theindicated control (β-Gal) and USP30 constructs. Following 24 hours ofexpression, cells were treated with CCCP (5 μM, 2 hours) and lysed. FIG.2G is a plot showing the quantification of immunoblot signal forGFP-Parkin normalized to actin from FIG. 2F (***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. N=6 experiments. Error barsrepresent SEM).

FIG. 3A shows that mt-Keima differentially highlights cytoplasmic(green) and lysosomal (red) mitochondria. Cultured hippocampal neuronswere transfected with mt-Keima and GFP. Following 2 days of expression,cells were imaged with 458 nm (shown in green) or 543 nm (shown in red)light excitation. GFP signal was used to outline the cell (shown inwhite). Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 3B shows mt-Keima imaging in neuronstransfected with Parkin shRNA knockdown constructs. Scale bar, 5 μm.FIG. 3C is a plot showing the quantification of mitophagy index fromFIG. 3B (**p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's MultipleComparison test. n=52-109 cells per group. N=3-6 experiments. Error barsrepresent SEM). FIG. 3D shows mt-Keima imaging in neurons transfectedwith PINK1 shRNA knockdown constructs. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 3E is aplot showing the quantification of mitophagy index from FIG. 3D(**p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparisontest. n=52-109 cells per group. N=3-6 experiments. Error bars representSEM). FIG. 3F shows mt-Keima imaging in neurons transfected withPINK1-GFP and Parkin-shRNA#1 (luciferase shRNA and β-Gal as controls).Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 3G is a plot showing the quantification ofmitophagy index from FIG. 3F (***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett'sMultiple Comparison test. n=55-77 cells. N=3 experiments. Error barsrepresent SEM).

FIG. 4A shows mt-Keima imaging in cultured hippocampal neurons beforeand after NH₄Cl treatment (50 mM, 2 minutes). mt-Keima signal collectedwith 543 nm or 458 nm laser excitation sources are shown in red andgreen, respectively. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 4B shows imaging of mt-Keimaand Lysotracker (shown in gray scale) in hippocampal neurons. Scale bar,5 μm. FIG. 4C shows post-hoc immunostaining for endogenous LAMP-1 inneurons imaged for mt-Keima signal. Immediately following mt-Keimaimaging, cells were fixed and stained with anti-LAMP1 antibody (shown ingray scale). Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 4D is a plot showing quantificationof mitophagy index following 1, 3 and 6-7 days of mt-Keima expression incultured hippocampal neurons (*p<0.05 and ***p<0.001 using One-wayANOVA-Bonferroni's Multiple Comparison test. n=56-146 cells. N=6experiments. Error bars represent SEM). FIG. 4E is an immunoblot ofHEK-293 cell lysates transfected with FLAG-Parkin cDNA and Parkin shRNAexpression constructs. PSD-95-FLAG was co-transfected as control. FIG.4F is an immunoblot of HEK-293 cell lysates transfected with PINK1-GFPcDNA and PINK shRNA constructs. PSD-95-FLAG was co-transfected ascontrol. FIG. 4G shows an immunoblot of endogenous Parkin in culturedhippocampal neurons infected with Adeno-associated virus expressing theindicated shRNAs. FIG. 4H shows an immunoblot of endogenous PINK1 incultured hippocampal neurons infected with Adeno-associated virusexpressing the indicated shRNAs. FIG. 4I shows mt-Keima imaging inneurons transfected with GFP-Parkin (or GFP as control). Scale bar, 5μm. FIG. 4J is a plot showing quantification of mitophagy index fromFIG. 4I (p=0.52 by Student's t-test. n=61-67 cells. N=3 experiments.Error bars represent SEM).

FIG. 5A shows mt-Keima imaging in neurons transfected with USP30-FLAG orUSP30-C77S-FLAG. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 5B shows immunoblots of HEK-293cell lysates transfected with the indicated cDNA and shRNA constructs.PSD-95-FLAG was co-transfected as control. FIG. 5C shows an immunoblotof endogenous USP30 in cultured hippocampal neurons infected withAdeno-associated virus particles expressing the USP30 shRNA. FIG. 5Dshows mt-Keima imaging in neurons transfected with rat USP30 shRNA andhuman USP30 cDNA expression constructs (luciferase shRNA and β-Gal ascontrols). Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 5E is a plot showing quantification ofmitophagy index from FIG. 5A (***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Bonferroni'sMultiple Comparison test. 43-122 cells. N=6 experiments. Error barsrepresent SEM). FIG. 5F is a plot showing the quantification ofmitophagy index from FIG. 5B (**p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. n=96-101 cells. N=4experiments. Error bars represent SEM).

FIG. 6A shows immunoblots of anti-HA-immunoprecipitates for endogenousMIRO and Tom20 in a parental HEK-293 cell line (that lacks GFP-Parkin)transfected with HA-ubiquitin and the indicated constructs. Following 24hours of expression, cells were treated with CCCP (5 μM, 2 hours) andubiquitinated proteins were immunoprecipitated with anti-HA beads.Immunoprecipitates and inputs were blotted with the indicatedantibodies. FIG. 6B shows immunoblots of anti-HA-immunoprecipitates forendogenous MIRO and Tom20 with USP30 knockdown. GFP-Parkin expressingstable HEK-293 cells were transfected with HA-ubiquitin and theindicated shRNA and cDNA expression constructs. Following 6 days ofexpression, cells were processed as in FIG. 6A. FIGS. 6C and E showimmunoblots of anti-HA-immunoprecipitates for endogenous Miro and Tom20from cells transfected with the indicated HA-tagged ubiquitin mutantsand treated with CCCP (20 μM, 2 hours). FIGS. 6D and F showquantification of immunoblot signals from (C) and (E). Amount ofubiquitination afforded by the ubiquitin mutants are reported relativeto wild-type ubiquitin (**p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 compared to ‘wild-typeHA-ubiquitin+CCCP’ group, using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett's MultipleComparison test. 6 denotes ***p<0.001). FIG. 6G shows immunoblots ofGFP-Parkin HEK-293 stable cell lysates that were transfected with theindicated FLAG-tagged USP30 constructs and treated with CCCP (5 μM, 1-6hours). FIG. 6H is a plot showing quantification of immunoblot signalsnormalized to actin shown in FIG. 6G (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001compared to β-Gal control, using Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni'sMultiple Comparison test. Immunoblot signals for all other proteins(VDAC, Mfn-1, Tom70, Hsp60) did not reach significance. N=3-5experiments).

FIG. 7A shows immunoblots of anti-HA-immunoprecipitates for endogenousMIRO and Tom20 with USP30 overexpression. HEK-293 cells stablyexpressing GFP-Parkin were transfected with HA-ubiquitin and theindicated constructs. Following 24 hours of expression, cells weretreated with CCCP (5 μM, 2 hours) and ubiquitinated proteins wereimmunoprecipitated with anti-HA beads. Immunoprecipitates and inputswere blotted with the indicated antibodies. FIG. 7B is a plot showingquantification of the immunoblot signal for co-IP′ed MIRO from FIG. 7A.FIG. 7C is a plot showing quantification of the immunoblot signal forco-IP′ed Tom20 from FIG. 7A. Protein levels co-precipitated with anti-HAbeads are normalized to ‘β-Gal+CCCP’ group (*p<0.05, **p<0.01 and***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test, comparedto β-Gal+CCCP. N=3-5 experiments. Error bars represent SEM). FIG. 7Dshows immunoblots of anti-HA immunoprecipitates for endogenous MIRO andTom20 with USP30 knockdown. GFP-Parkin expressing stable HEK-293 cellswere transfected with HA-ubiquitin and the indicated shRNA plasmids.Following 6 days of expression, cells were processed as in FIG. 7A. FIG.7E is a plot showing quantification of the immunoblot signal forco-IP′ed MIRO from FIG. 7D. FIG. 7F is a plot showing quantification ofthe immunoblot signal for co-IP′ed Tom20 from FIG. 7D. Protein levelsco-precipitated with anti-HA beads is normalized to luciferaseshRNA+CCCP′ group (*p<0.05, **p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test, compared to ‘luciferaseshRNA+CCCP’. N=4-6 experiments. Error bars represent SEM).

FIG. 8A shows immunoblots of HA-ubiquitin precipitates from GFP-ParkinHEK-293 cells transfected with the indicated constructs. Followingtransfection and treatment with CCCP (5 μM, 2 hours), ubiquitinatedproteins were immunoprecipitated with anti-HA beads, and precipitatesand inputs were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. FIG. 8Bshows mt-Keima imaging in neurons transfected with Tom20-myc and USP30constructs (β-Gal as control). Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 8C shows mt-Keimaimaging in neurons transfected with USP30 shRNA and MIRO cDNA constructs(luciferase RNAi and β-Gal as controls). Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 8D is aplot showing the quantification of mitophagy index from FIG. 8B(***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. n=67-80cells for all groups. N=3 experiments. Error bars represent SEM). FIG.8E is a plot showing quantification of mitophagy index from FIG. 8C(*p<0.05 and ***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Bonferroni's MultipleComparison test. n=72-75 cells for all groups. N=3 experiments. Errorbars represent SEM).

FIG. 9A shows extracted ion chromatograms corresponding to K-GG peptidesidentified from Tom20 in the USP30 knockdown experiment. Relativeabundance of each ubiquitinated peptide is shown on the y-axis relativeto the most abundant analysis, which precursor ion m/z indicated aboveeach peak. The sequence of each K-GG peptide is shown below in green.Asterisks denote modified lysine residues. FIG. 9B shows extracted ionchromatograms corresponding to K-GG peptides identified from USP30 inthe Parkin overexpression experiment. The data are presented in asimilar manner as in (A). FIG. 9C shows immunoblots ofanti-HA-immunoprecipitates for endogenous USP30 from cells transfectedwith wild-type, K161N and G430D GFP-Parkin constructs. After 24 hours ofexpression, cells were treated with CCCP (20 μM, 2 hours) andubiquitinated proteins were immunoprecipitated with anti-HA beads.Immunoprecipitates and inputs were blotted with the indicatedantibodies. FIG. 9D shows quantification of immunoblot signal forco-IP′ed USP30 from (C). Protein levels co-precipitating with anti-HAbeads are normalized to the ‘wild-type GFP-Parkin+CCCP’ group.(***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test,compared to ‘wild-type GFP-Parkin+CCCP’. N=4 experiments. Error barsrepresent S.E.M.) FIG. 9E shows immunoblots of lysates prepared fromHEK-293 cells transfected with the indicated GFP and GFP-Parkinconstructs and treated with CCCP (20 μM). FIG. 9F shows quantificationof immunoblot signal for USP30 normalized to actin from (E). (**p<0.01,***p<0.001 compared to wild-type GFP-Parkin, using Two-way ANOVA withBonferroni's Multiple Comparison test. N=4 experiments. Error barsrepresent S.E.M.)

FIG. 10A shows immunostaining in GFP-Parkin-G430D expressing stableSH-SY5Y cells transfected with the indicated siRNAs and cDNA expressionconstructs. Following 3 days of expression, cells were treated with CCCP(20 μM, 24 hours), and fixed and stained for GFP, FLAG, and endogenousTom20. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 10B is a plot showing quantification ofTom20 fluorescence intensity from FIG. 10A (***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test, Error bars represent SEM).FIG. 10C is a plot showing quantification of GFP-Parkin-G430D punctaarea from FIG. 10A (***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's MultipleComparison test, Error bars represent SEM). FIG. 10D shows mt-Keimaimaging in neurons transfected with Parkin shRNA and USP30-C77A-FLAG.Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 10E is a plot showing quantification of mitophagyindex from FIG. 10D (***p<0.001 by One-way ANOVA-Dunnett's MultipleComparison test. N=71-77 cells. N=3 experiments. Error bars representSEM).

FIG. 11A shows an immunoblot for endogenous USP30 in SH-SY5Y cellstransfected with USP30 siRNA for 3 days. FIGS. 11B and 11C showimmunostaining in GFP-Parkin-G430D expressing stable SH-SY5Y cellstransfected with the indicated siRNAs. Following 3 days of knockdown,cells were treated with CCCP (20 μM, 24 hours), and fixed and stainedfor GFP and endogenous Tom20. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIG. 11D is a plotshowing quantification of fold change in Tom20 staining intensity fromFIGS. 11B and 11C normalized to control siRNA (***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. Error bars represent SEM).FIGS. 11E and 11F show immunostaining in GFP-Parkin-G430D (E) andGFP-Parkin-K161N (F) expressing SH-SY5Y cells transfected with USP30siRNA. Following 3 days of knockdown, cells were treated with CCCP (20μM, 24 hours), and fixed and stained for GFP and endogenous Tom20 andHSP60. Scale bar, 5 μm. FIGS. 11G and 11H are plots showingquantification of fold change in Tom20 (G) and HSP60 (H) stainingintensity from FIGS. 11E and 11F normalized to control siRNA. (*p<0.05,**p<0.01 and ***<0.001 by Student's t-test. N=2-3 experiments. Errorbars represent S.E.M.)

FIG. 12A shows transverse sections of indirect flight muscles (IFMs)from wild-type, parkin mutant (park²⁵) and “parkin mutant; dUSP30knockdown” (park²⁵; Actin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi)) flies. Electron-densemitochondria are marked with arrowheads. Mitochondria with reduced anddisorganized cristae (hence pale in appearance) are outlined with dashedlines (top panel—Scale bar, 1 μm). Higher magnification images are shownin the lower panels (Scale bar, 0.2 μm). FIGS. 12B and C showquantification of mitochondrial integrity from (A). Percent area ofmitochondria containing disorganized cristae over total mitochondrialarea (B), and percent of muscle area containing disorganizedmitochondria (C) are blindly quantified. (*p<0.05, **p<0.01 and***p<0.001, compared to wild-type by Two-way ANOVA-Bonferroni's MultipleComparison test. ***p<0.001 for park²⁵ versus park²⁵;Actin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi). 34-55 imaging fields per fly, N=3-4 flies.Error bars represent S.E.M.) FIGS. 12D and E show effect of dUSP30knockdown and paraquat on climbing assay in Drosophila. Percent of fliesclimbing >15 cm in 30 seconds, treated with vehicle (5% sucrose) orparaquat (10 mM, 48 hours), for the indicated genotypes. (**p<0.01 and***p<0.001 by One-Way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test.N=4-10 experiments. Error bars represent S.E.M.) FIG. 12F shows dopamineneurotransmitter levels per Drosophila head for the indicated genotypes,as determined by ELISA. (*p<0.05 and ***p<0.001 by One-wayANOVA-Bonferroni's Multiple Comparison test. n=28 heads per genotype.N=4 experiments. Error bars represent S.E.M.). FIGS. 12G and H showeffect of dUSP30 knockdown and paraquat on survival in Drosophila.Percent of flies still alive, treated with vehicle or paraquat (10 mM,up to 96 hours), for the indicated genotypes. (**p<0.01 and ***p<0.001using Two-Way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test. N=3 (G)and 4 (H) experiments. Error bars represent S.E.M.)

FIG. 13A and FIG. 13B shows asymmetric “volcano plot” demonstrating thesubset of 41 proteins whose ubiquitination significantly increased(p<0.05) for the “Combo” treatment versus CCCP-treatment alone in bothUSP30 knockdown (left side) and GFP-Parkin overexpression (right side)experiments. “Combo” refers to cells treated with CCCP and expressingUSP30-shRNA, or treated with CCCP and expressing GFP-Parkin, in the twoexperiments, respectively. For this subset of proteins, fold-increase inubiquitination (x-axis) and the p-value (y-axis) are reported.Mitochondrial proteins (identified based on the Human MitoCartadatabase) are shown in red.

FIG. 14 shows inhibition of various peptidases, including USP30, byinhibitory peptides USP30_(—)3 (“pep3”; SEQ ID NO: 1) and USP30_(—)8(“pep8”; SEQ ID NO: 2), as described in Example 10.

FIG. 15A and FIG. 15B shows a graph of residue probability by peptideposition for USP30_(—)3 and certain affinity-matured peptides, alongwith the signal to noise ratio (“S/N”), ELISA signal (“signal”), numberof clones for each sequence (“n”), total number of clones (“total”), andthe number of unique sequences (“Uniq”), as described in Example 10.

FIG. 16 shows a graph of signal to noise ratio for USP30_(—)3 and threeaffinity matured peptides, as described in Example 10. For each peptide,the targets tested were, from left to right, USP2, USP7, USP14, USP30,UCHL1, UCHL3, and UCHL5. The sequences for each peptide are shown below.

FIG. 17A shows ratiometric mito-roGFP imaging in hippocampal neuronstransfected with USP30 shRNA. The “relative oxidation index” was shownin a ‘color scale’ from 0 (mito-roGFP ratio after DTT treatment, 1 mM,shown in black) to 1 (mito-roGFP ratio after aldrithiol treatment, 100μM, shown in red). FIG. 17B is a plot showing quantification of relativeoxidation from FIG. 17A (***p<0.001 by Student's t-test. n=24 cells forluciferase shRNA and 36 cells for USP30 shRNA. N=3 experiments. Errorbars represent SEM). FIG. 17C shows quantitative RT-PCR of dUSP30 mRNA.qRT-PCR in Actin-GALA UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) and Actin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi)flies, expressed relative to Actin-GAL4. dUSP30 mRNA levels werenormalized to Drosophila RpII140 mRNA levels in each group. N=7experiments. ***p<0.001 by One-Way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiplecomparisons test. FIG. 17D shows climbing assay in control flies(Actin-GAL4). Flies were treated with vehicle control (5% sucrose) orparaquat (10 mM, 48 hours). L-DOPA (1 mM, 48 hours) was administeredsimultaneously with paraquat, as indicated. (***p<0.001 by One-WayANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. N=6 experiments. Error barsrepresent S.E.M.). FIG. 17E shows serotonin levels per fly head, asassessed by ELISA. Flies were treated with paraquat (10 mM, 48 hours) orvehicle control (5% sucrose). (p-values calculated by One-WayANOVA-Bonferroni's Multiple Comparison test. n=8 heads, N=2 experiments.Error bars represent S.E.M.). FIGS. 17F and G show quantitative RT-PCRmeasurement of (F) dUSP47 and (G) dYOD1 m RNA levels in flies of theindicated genotypes, expressed as relative to Actin-GAL4 genotype.TaqMan assays Dm01795269_g1 (Drosophila CG5486 (USP47)) andDm01840115_s1 (Drosophila CG4603 (YOD1)) were used. Dm02134593_g1(RpII140) was used for normalization. (p**<0.01 and p***<0.001 usingOne-Way ANOVA-Dunnett's Multiple Comparison test. N=3 replicates. Errorbars represent S.E.M.) FIGS. 17H and I show survival curves of flies ofthe indicated genotype, treated with vehicle or paraquat (10 mM). Graphshows percent flies alive at indicated times after feeding withparaquat. (*p<0.05, p**<0.01, and p***<0.001 using Two-Way ANOVA withBonferroni's Multiple Comparisons test. N=5 (H) and 4 (1) experiments.Error bars represent S.E.M.)

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present inventors have identified USP30, a mitochondria-localizeddeubiquitinase (DUB) as an atagonist of Parkin-mediated mitophagy.USP30, through its deubiquitinase activity, counteracts ubiquitinationand degradation of damaged mitochondria, and inhibition of USP30 rescuesmitophagy defects caused by mutant Parkin. Further, USP30 inhibition ofUSP30 decreases oxidative stress and provides protection against themitochondrial toxin, rotenone. Since damaged mitochondria are morelikely to accumulate Parkin, USP30 inhibition should preferentiallyclear unhealthy mitochondria. In addition to neurons (such as substantianigra neurons, which are especially vulnerable to mitochondriadysfunction in Parkinson's disease), long-lived metabolically activecells such as cardiomyocytes also rely on an efficient mitochondriaquality control system. In this context, Parkin has been shown toprotect cardiomyocytes against ischemia/reperfusion injury throughactivating mitophagy and clearing damaged mitochondria in response toischemic stress. Thus, inhibitors of USP30 are provided for us intreating a conditions involving mitochondrial defects, includingneurological conditions, cardiac conditions, and systemic conditions.

I. DEFINITIONS

An “inhibitor” refers to an agent capable of blocking, neutralizing,inhibiting, abrogating, reducing and/or interfering with one or more ofthe activities of a target and/or reducing the expression of the targetprotein (or the expression of nucleic acids encoding the target protein)Inhibitors include, but are not limited to, antibodies, polypeptides,peptides, nucleic acid molecules, short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) andother inhibitory RNAs, small molecules (e.g., small inorganicmolecules), polysaccharides, polynucleotides, antisenseoligonucleotides, aptamers, and peptibodies. An inhibitor may decreasethe activity and/or expression of a target protein by at least 10%(e.g., by at least 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%,65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or even 100% decrease) as compared to theexpression and/or activity of the target protein that is untreated withthe inhibitor.

An “inhibitor of USP30” refers to an agent capable of blocking,neutralizing, inhibiting, abrogating, reducing and/or interfering withone or more of the activities of USP30 and/or reducing the expression ofUSP30 (or the expression of nucleic acids encoding USP30). In someembodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 reduces the deubiquitinase activityof USP30. In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 reducesdeubiquitinase activity by at least 10%, at least 15%, at least 20%, atleast 25%, at least 30%, at least 35%, at least 40%, at least 45%, atleast 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, atleast 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, or 100%.Deubiquitinase activity may be reduced by an inhibitor by any mechanism,including, but not limited to, interfering with the active site ofUSP30, interfering with target recognition, altering the conformation ofUSP30, interfering with proper subcellular localization of USP30, etc.In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 inhibits USP30 expression,which may be expression as the mRNA (e.g., it inhibits transcription ofthe USP30 gene to produce USP30 mRNA) and/or protein level (e.g., itinhibits translation of the USP30 mRNA to produce USP30 protein). Insome embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 expression reduces the level ofUSP30 protein by at least 10%, at least 15%, at least 20%, at least 25%,at least 30%, at least 35%, at least 40%, at least 45%, at least 50%, atleast 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, atleast 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, or 100%.

The terms “mitophagy” and “mitochondrial degradation” are usedinterchangeably to refer to the regulated degradation of mitochondriathrough the lysosomal machinery of a cell.

A “condition involving a mitochondrial defect” refers to a conditioninvolving a defect or defects in mitochondrial function, mitochondrialshape/morphology, mitochondrial membrane potential, and/or mitophagy ina cell population. Conditions involving a mitochondrial defect include,but are not limited to, conditions involving a defect in mitophagy, suchthat mitophagy occurs in the cell population at a slower rate or to alesser extent than in a normal cell population. In some embodiments, thedefect in mitophagy is accompanied by other mitochondrial defects suchthat the decreased mitophagy results in the increased presence ofdefective mitochondria. Conditions involving a mitochondrial defect alsoinclude, but are not limited to, conditions involving mutations inmitochondrial DNA that result in altered mitochondrial function.Conditions involving a mitochondrial defect also include conditionsinvolving mitochondrial oxidative stress, in which increased levels ofreactive oxygen species (ROS) and/or reactive nitrogen species (RNS) ina cell are associated with protein aggregation and/or mitochondrialdysfunction. Mitochondrial oxidative stress may result in mitochondrialdysfunction, or mitochondrial dysfunction may result in oxidativestress. Conditions involving a mitochondrial defect also include, butare not limited to, conditions involving defects in mitochondrialshape/morphology and conditions involving defects in mitochondrialmembrane potential. Exemplary conditions involving mitochondrial defectsinclude, but are not limited to, neurodegenerative diseases (such asParkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, stroke, dementia with Lewy bodies,and frontotemporal dementia); mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy,lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome; Leber'shereditary optic neuropathy (LHON); neuropathy, ataxia, retinitispigmentosa-maternally inherited Leigh syndrome (NARP-MILS); Danondisease; myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERFF) syndrome;ischemic heart disease leading to myocardial infarction; multiplesulfatase deficiency (MSD); mucolipidosis II (ML II); mucolipidosis III(ML III); mucolipidosis IV (ML IV); GM1-gangliosidosis (GM1); neuronalceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCL1); Alpers disease; Barth syndrome;Beta-oxidation defects; carnitine-acyl-carnitine deficiency; carnitinedeficiency; creatine deficiency syndromes; co-enzyme Q10 deficiency;complex I deficiency; complex II deficiency; complex III deficiency;complex IV deficiency; complex V deficiency; COX deficiency; chronicprogressive external ophthalmoplegia syndrome (CPEO); CPT I deficiency;CPT II deficiency; glutaric aciduria type II; Kearns-Sayre syndrome;lactic acidosis; long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency (LCHAD);Leigh disease or syndrome; lethal infantile cardiomyopathy (LIC); Luftdisease; glutaric aciduria type II; medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenasedeficiency (MCAD); myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber (MERRF)syndrome; mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome; mitochondrialcytopathy; mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome; myoneurogastointestinaldisorder and encephalopathy; Pearson syndrome; pyruvate carboxylasedeficiency; pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; POLG mutations;medium/short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (M/SCHAD) deficiency;and very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase (VLCAD) deficiency.

A “pathogenic mutation” in Parkin or PINK1 refers to a mutation ormutations in the respective protein or gene that results in reducedactivity in a cell, and may involve loss of function and/or gain offunction (such as dominant negative mutations, for example, ParkinQ311stop). Such reduced activity in a cell may include, but is notlimited to, reduced enzymatic activity (such as reduced ubiquitinationor kinase activity), reduced activity due to the presence of a dominantnegative mutant protein, reduced binding to another cellular factor,reduced activity due to subcellular localization changes, and/or reducedactivity due to reduced levels of protein in the cell or in a cellularcompartment. In some embodiments, a pathogenic mutation in Parkin and/orPINK1 results in reduced ubiquitination of mitochondria, which mayresult in reduced mitophagy. Pathogenic mutations may also occur outsideof the coding region of the protein, e.g., in an intron (affecting, forexample, splicing), the promoter, the 5′ untranslated region, the 3′untranslated region, etc. Further, Parkin mutations may involvesubstitutions, deletions, insertions, duplications, etc., or anycombination of those. Nonlimiting exemplary pathogenic mutations inParkin are shown in Table 1. Nonlimiting exemplary pathogenic mutationsin PINK1 protein are shown in Table 2. Databases of Parkinson's diseasemutations are publicly available, such as Parkinson Disease MutationDatabase, http://www.molgen.ua.ac.be/PDmutDB/.

TABLE 1 Exemplary pathogenic mutations in Parkin (PARK2) Ala291fsex10del ex4-7del Gln311Stop Ala31Asp ex10dup ex4del Gln34fs Ala398Threx11del ex4dup Gln34fs Arg234Gln ex11dup ex5-12del Gln40Stop Arg334Cysex12dup ex5-6del Glu395Stop Arg33Gln ex1-4del ex5-7del Glu409StopArg33Stop ex1del ex5-8dup Glu444Gln Arg348fs ex1dup ex5-9dup Glu79StopArg366Trp ex2-3del ex5del Gly179fs Arg392fs ex2-3dup ex5dup Gly328GluArg42His ex2-4del ex6-7del Gly359Asp Arg42Pro ex2-4dup ex6-8dupGly429Glu Asn428fs ex2-4trip ex6del Gly430Asp Asn52fs ex2-5del ex6dupIVS1 + 1G > A Asp280Asn ex2del ex7-8del IVS11 − 3C > G Asp460fs ex2dupex7-9del Leu283Pro Asp53Stop ex2trip ex7del Lys161Asn c. − 39G > Tex3-4del ex7dup Lys211Asn Cys212Gly ex3-4dup ex8-10del Lys349fsCys212Tyr ex3-5del ex8-11del Met192Leu Cys238fs ex3-6del ex8-9delMet192Val Cys268Stop ex3-7del ex8del Met1Leu Cys289Gly ex3-9del ex8duppartial ex4del Cys323fs ex3del ex9del Pro113fs/ex3 Δ40 bp Cys431Pheex3dup ex9dup Pro133del ex10-12del ex4-5del Gln171Stop Thr240Argex10-12dup ex4-6del Gln311His Thr240Met Val56Glu Val258Met Trp453StopThr351Pro prom + ex1del Val324fs Trp74fs Thr415Asn del = deletion; dup =duplication; fs = frameshift; ex = exon; IVS = intervening sequence;prom = promoter

TABLE 2 Exemplary pathogenic mutations in PINK1 Tyr258Stop IVS7 + 1G > Aex6-8del Asp297fs Trp437Stop Gly440Glu ex4-8del Arg492Stop Thr313MetGlu239Stop ex3-8del Arg464His Stop582Leu Gln456Stop delPINK1 Arg246StopPro196fs Gln129Stop Cys92Phe Ala168Pro Lys520fs Gln129fs Cys549fs 23 bpdel ex7 Lys24fs ex7del Asp525fs del = deletion; fs = frameshift; ex =exon

The term “oxidative stress” refers to an increase in reactive oxygenspecies (ROS) and/or reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in a cell. In someembodiments, oxidative stress leads to protein aggregation and/ormitochondrial dysfunction. In some embodiments, mitochondrialdysfunction leads to oxidative stress.

The term “USP30,” as used herein, refers to any native USP30 (“ubiquitinspecific peptidase 30” or “ubiquitin specific protease 30”) from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed USP30 as well as any form ofUSP30 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of USP30, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human USP30is shown in SEQ ID NO: 26 (Table 4).

The term “Parkin” as used herein, refers to any native Parkin from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed Parkin as well as any form ofParkin that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of Parkin, e.g., splicevariants or allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplaryhuman Parkin is shown in SEQ ID NO: 29 (Table 4).

The term “PINK1” as used herein, refers to any native PINK1(PTEN-induced putative kinase protein 1) from any vertebrate source,including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., miceand rats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses“full-length,” unprocessed PINK1 as well as any form of PINK1 thatresults from processing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturallyoccurring variants of PINK1, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants.The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human PINK1 is shown in SEQ IDNO: 30 (Table 4).

The term “Tom20” as used herein, refers to any native Tom20 from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed Tom20 as well as any form ofTom20 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of Tom20, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human Tom20is shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 (Table 4).

The terms “MIRO1” and “MIRO” as used herein, refer to any native MIRO1(mitochondrial Rho GTPase 1) from any vertebrate source, includingmammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice andrats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,”unprocessed MIRO1 as well as any form of MIRO1 that results fromprocessing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturally occurringvariants of MIRO1, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The aminoacid sequence of an exemplary human MIRO1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 28(Table 4).

The term “MUL1” as used herein, refers to any native MUL1 (mitochondrialubiquitin ligase activator of NFκB) from any vertebrate source,including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., miceand rats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses“full-length,” unprocessed MUL1 as well as any form of MUL1 that resultsfrom processing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturallyoccurring variants of MUL1, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants.The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human MUL1 is shown in SEQ IDNO: 32 (Table 4).

The term “ASNS” as used herein, refers to any native ASNS (asparaginesynthetase [glutamine hydrolyzing]) from any vertebrate source,including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., miceand rats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses“full-length,” unprocessed ASNS as well as any form of ASNS that resultsfrom processing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturallyoccurring variants of ASNS, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants.The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human ASNS is shown in SEQ IDNO: 33 (Table 4).

The term “FKBP8” as used herein, refers to any native FKBP8 (FK506binding protein 8) from any vertebrate source, including mammals such asprimates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice and rats), unlessotherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,” unprocessedASNS as well as any form of FKBP8 that results from processing in thecell. The term also encompasses naturally occurring variants of FKBP8,e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of anexemplary human FKBP8 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 34 (Table 4).

The term “TOM70” as used herein, refers to any native TOM70 (translocaseof outer membrane 70 kDa subunit) from any vertebrate source, includingmammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice andrats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,”unprocessed TOM70 as well as any form of TOM70 that results fromprocessing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturally occurringvariants of TOM70, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The aminoacid sequence of an exemplary human TOM70 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 35(Table 4).

The term “MAT2B” as used herein, refers to any native MAT2B (methionineadenosyltransferase 2 subunit beta) from any vertebrate source,including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., miceand rats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses“full-length,” unprocessed MAT2B as well as any form of MAT2B thatresults from processing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturallyoccurring variants of MAT2B, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants.The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human MAT2B is shown in SEQ IDNO: 36 (Table 4).

The term “PRDX3” as used herein, refers to any native PRDX3(peroxiredoxin III) from any vertebrate source, including mammals suchas primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice and rats), unlessotherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,” unprocessedPRDX3 as well as any form of PRDX3 that results from processing in thecell. The term also encompasses naturally occurring variants of PRDX3,e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of anexemplary human PRDX3 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 37 (Table 4).

The term “IDE” as used herein, refers to any native IDE (insulindegrading enzyme) from any vertebrate source, including mammals such asprimates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice and rats), unlessotherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,” unprocessed IDEas well as any form of IDE that results from processing in the cell. Theterm also encompasses naturally occurring variants of IDE, e.g., splicevariants or allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplaryhuman IDE is shown in SEQ ID NO: 38 (Table 4).

The term “VDAC1” as used herein, refers to any native VDAC1(voltage-dependent anion selective channel protein 1) from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed VDAC1 as well as any form ofVDAC1 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of VDAC1, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human VDAC1is shown in SEQ ID NO: 39 (Table 4).

The term “VDAC2” as used herein, refers to any native VDAC2(voltage-dependent anion selective channel protein 2) from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed VDAC2 as well as any form ofVDAC2 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of VDAC2, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human VDAC2is shown in SEQ ID NO: 44 (Table 4).

The term “VDAC3” as used herein, refers to any native VDAC3(voltage-dependent anion selective channel protein 3) from anyvertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) androdents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated. The termencompasses “full-length,” unprocessed VDAC3 as well as any form ofVDAC3 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of VDAC3, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human VDAC3is shown in SEQ ID NO: 45 (Table 4).

The term “IP05” as used herein, refers to any native IP05 (importin 5)from any vertebrate source, including mammals such as primates (e.g.humans) and rodents (e.g., mice and rats), unless otherwise indicated.The term encompasses “full-length,” unprocessed IP05 as well as any formof IP05 that results from processing in the cell. The term alsoencompasses naturally occurring variants of IP05, e.g., splice variantsor allelic variants. The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human IP05is shown in SEQ ID NO: 40 (Table 4).

The term “PTH2” as used herein, refers to any native PTH2 (peptidyl-tRNAhydrolase 2, mitochondrial) from any vertebrate source, includingmammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice andrats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,”unprocessed PTH2 as well as any form of PTH2 that results fromprocessing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturally occurringvariants of PTH2, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The aminoacid sequence of an exemplary human PTH2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 41(Table 4).

The term “PSD13” as used herein, refers to any native PSD13 (26Sproteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 13) from any vertebrate source,including mammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., miceand rats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses“full-length,” unprocessed PSD13 as well as any form of PSD13 thatresults from processing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturallyoccurring variants of PSD13, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants.The amino acid sequence of an exemplary human PSD13 is shown in SEQ IDNO: 42 (Table 4).

The term “UBP13” as used herein, refers to any native UBP13 (ubiquitincarboxyl-terminal hydrolase 13) from any vertebrate source, includingmammals such as primates (e.g. humans) and rodents (e.g., mice andrats), unless otherwise indicated. The term encompasses “full-length,”unprocessed UBP13 as well as any form of UBP13 that results fromprocessing in the cell. The term also encompasses naturally occurringvariants of UBP13, e.g., splice variants or allelic variants. The aminoacid sequence of an exemplary human UBP13 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 43(Table 4).

The term “package insert” is used to refer to instructions customarilyincluded in commercial packages of therapeutic products, that containinformation about the indications, usage, dosage, administration,combination therapy, contraindications and/or warnings concerning theuse of such therapeutic products.

An “individual” or “subject” is a mammal. Mammals include, but are notlimited to, domesticated animals (e.g., cows, sheep, cats, dogs, andhorses), primates (e.g., humans and non-human primates such as monkeys),rabbits, and rodents (e.g., mice and rats). In certain embodiments, theindividual or subject is a human.

“Percent (%) amino acid sequence identity” with respect to a referencepolypeptide sequence is defined as the percentage of amino acid residuesin a candidate sequence that are identical with the amino acid residuesin the reference polypeptide sequence, after aligning the sequences andintroducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent sequenceidentity, and not considering any conservative substitutions as part ofthe sequence identity. Alignment for purposes of determining percentamino acid sequence identity can be achieved in various ways that arewithin the skill in the art, for instance, using publicly availablecomputer software such as BLAST, BLAST-2, ALIGN or Megalign (DNASTAR)software. Those skilled in the art can determine appropriate parametersfor aligning sequences, including any algorithms needed to achievemaximal alignment over the full length of the sequences being compared.For purposes herein, however, % amino acid sequence identity values aregenerated using the sequence comparison computer program ALIGN-2. TheALIGN-2 sequence comparison computer program was authored by Genentech,Inc., and the source code has been filed with user documentation in theU.S. Copyright Office, Washington D.C., 20559, where it is registeredunder U.S. Copyright Registration No. TXU510087. The ALIGN-2 program ispublicly available from Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., ormay be compiled from the source code. The ALIGN-2 program should becompiled for use on a UNIX operating system, including digital UNIXV4.0D. All sequence comparison parameters are set by the ALIGN-2 programand do not vary.

In situations where ALIGN-2 is employed for amino acid sequencecomparisons, the % amino acid sequence identity of a given amino acidsequence A to, with, or against a given amino acid sequence B (which canalternatively be phrased as a given amino acid sequence A that has orcomprises a certain % amino acid sequence identity to, with, or againsta given amino acid sequence B) is calculated as follows:

100 times the fraction X/Y

where X is the number of amino acid residues scored as identical matchesby the sequence alignment program ALIGN-2 in that program's alignment ofA and B, and where Y is the total number of amino acid residues in B. Itwill be appreciated that where the length of amino acid sequence A isnot equal to the length of amino acid sequence B, the % amino acidsequence identity of A to B will not equal the % amino acid sequenceidentity of B to A. Unless specifically stated otherwise, all % aminoacid sequence identity values used herein are obtained as described inthe immediately preceding paragraph using the ALIGN-2 computer program.

The term “pharmaceutical formulation” refers to a preparation which isin such form as to permit the biological activity of an activeingredient contained therein to be effective, and which contains noadditional components which are unacceptably toxic to a subject to whichthe formulation would be administered.

A “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to an ingredient in apharmaceutical formulation, other than an active ingredient, which isnontoxic to a subject. A pharmaceutically acceptable carrier includes,but is not limited to, a buffer, excipient, stabilizer, or preservative.

As used herein, “treatment” (and grammatical variations thereof such as“treat” or “treating”) refers to clinical intervention in an attempt toalter the natural course of the individual being treated, and can beperformed either for prophylaxis or during the course of clinicalpathology. Desirable effects of treatment include, but are not limitedto, preventing occurrence or recurrence of disease, alleviation ofsymptoms, diminishment of any direct or indirect pathologicalconsequences of the disease, preventing metastasis, decreasing the rateof disease progression, amelioration or palliation of the disease state,and remission or improved prognosis. In some embodiments, antibodies ofthe invention are used to delay development of a disease or to slow theprogression of a disease.

Administration “in combination with” one or more further therapeuticagents includes simultaneous (concurrent) and consecutiveadministration, in any order.

An “effective amount” of an agent, e.g., a pharmaceutical formulation,refers to an amount effective, at dosages and for periods of timenecessary, to achieve the desired therapeutic or prophylactic result.

The term “vector,” as used herein, refers to a nucleic acid moleculecapable of propagating another nucleic acid to which it is linked. Theterm includes the vector as a self-replicating nucleic acid structure aswell as the vector incorporated into the genome of a host cell intowhich it has been introduced. Certain vectors are capable of directingthe expression of nucleic acids to which they are operatively linked.Such vectors are referred to herein as “expression vectors.”

The terms “host cell,” “host cell line,” and “host cell culture” areused interchangeably and refer to cells into which exogenous nucleicacid has been introduced, including the progeny of such cells. Hostcells include “transformants” and “transformed cells,” which include theprimary transformed cell and progeny derived therefrom without regard tothe number of passages. Progeny may not be completely identical innucleic acid content to a parent cell, but may contain mutations. Mutantprogeny that have the same function or biological activity as screenedor selected for in the originally transformed cell are included herein.

II. COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS

In various aspects, the invention is based, in part, on inhibitors ofUSP30 and methods of treating diseases and disorders comprisinginhibiting USP30.

A. Exemplary Inhibitors of USP30

The present invention is based in part on the discovery that inhibitorsof USP30 activity and/or expression are effective for increasing and/orrestoring mitochondrial ubiquitination and mitophagy. In someembodiments, inhibitors of USP30 are effective for treatingneurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, as well asconditions that involve mitochondrial defects, such as those involvingmitophagy defects, mutations in mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrialoxidative stress, and/or lysosomal storage defects.

Inhibitors of USP30 include inhibitors of USP30 activity and inhibitorsof USP30 expression. Nonlimiting exemplary such inhibitors includeantisense oligonucleotides, short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), antibodies,peptides, peptibodies, aptamers, and small molecules. In someembodiments, antisense oligonucleotides or short interfering RNAs(siRNAs) may be used to inhibit USP30 expression. In some embodiments,antibodies, peptides, peptibodies, aptamers, and small molecules may beused to inhibit USP30 activity. Some nonlimiting examples of inhibitorsof USP30 are described herein. Further inhibitors can be identifiedusing standard methods in the art, including those discussed herein.

Antisense Oligonucleotides

In some embodiments, antisense oligonucleotides that hybridize to USP30mRNA and/or USP30 pre-mRNA are provided. A nonlimiting exemplary humanmRNA sequence encoding USP30 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 30 (Table 4). Insome embodiments, an antisense oligonucleotide hybridizes to a region ofUSP30 mRNA and/or USP30 pre-mRNA and directs its degradation throughRNase H, which cleaves double-stranded RNA/DNA hybrids. By mediatingcleavage of USP30 mRNA and/or USP30 pre-mRNA, an antisenseoligonucleotide may reduce the amount of USP30 protein in a cell (i.e.,may inhibit expression of USP30). In some embodiments, an antisenseoligonucleotide does not mediate degradation through RNase H, but rather“blocks” translation of the mRNA, e.g., through interference withtranslational machinery binding or processivity, or “blocks” propersplicing of the pre-mRNA, e.g., through interference with the splicingmachinery and/or accessibility of a splice site. In some embodiments, anantisense oligonucleotide may mediate degradation of an mRNA and/orpre-mRNA through a mechanism other than RNase H Any inhibitory mechanismof an antisense oligonucleotide is contemplated herein.

In some embodiments, an antisense oligonucleotide is 10 to 500nucleotides long, or 10 to 400 nucleotides long, or 10 to 300nucleotides long, or 10 to 200 nucleotides long, or 10 to 100nucleotides long, or 15 to 100 nucleotides long, or 10 to 50 nucleotideslong, or 15 to 50 nucleotides long. In various embodiments, an antisenseoligonucleotide hybridizes to a region of the USP30 mRNA and/or pre-mRNAcomprising at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 25, at least30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, atleast 90, or at least 100 nucleotides. Further, in various embodiments,an antisense oligonucleotide need not be 100% complementary to a regionUSP30 mRNA and/or a region of USP30 pre-mRNA, but may have 1 or moremismatches. Thus, in some embodiments, an antisense oligonucleotide isat least 80% complementary, at least 85% complementary, at least 90%complementary, at least 95% complementary, or 100% complementary to aregion of USP30 mRNA and/or a region of USP30 pre-mRNA. In someembodiments, the region of USP30 mRNA or the region of USP pre-mRNA isat least at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 25, at least30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, atleast 90, or at least 100 nucleotides long.

Antisense oligonucleotides may comprise modifications to one or more ofthe internucleoside linkages, sugar moieties, and/or nucleobases.Further, the sequence of nucleotides may be interrupted bynon-nucleotide components, and/or non-nucleotide components may beattached at one or both ends of the oligonucleotide.

Nonlimiting exemplary nucleotide modifications include sugarmodifications, in which any of the hydroxyl groups ordinarily present inthe sugars may be replaced, for example, by phosphonate groups,phosphate groups, protected by standard protecting groups, or activatedto prepare additional linkages to additional nucleotides, or may beconjugated to solid supports. The 5′ and 3′ terminal OH can bephosphorylated or substituted with amines or organic capping groupsmoieties of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Other hydroxyls may also bederivatized to standard protecting groups. Oligonucleotides can alsocontain analogous forms of ribose or deoxyribose sugars that aregenerally known in the art, including, for example,2′-O-methyl-2′-0-allyl, 2′-fluoro- or 2′-azido-ribose, carbocyclic sugaranalogs, a-anomeric sugars, epimeric sugars such as arabinose, xylosesor lyxoses, pyranose sugars, furanose sugars, sedoheptuloses, acyclicanalogs and abasic nucleoside analogs such as methyl riboside. One ormore phosphodiester linkages may be replaced by modified internucleosidelinkages. These modified internucleoside linkages include, but are notlimited to, embodiments wherein phosphate is replaced by P(O)S(“thioate”), P(S)S (“dithioate”), (O)NR₂ (“amidate”), P(O)R, P(O)OR′, COor CH2 (“formacetal”), in which each R or R′ is independently H orsubstituted or unsubstituted alkyl (1-20 C) optionally containing anether (—O—) linkage, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or araldyl.Not all linkages in a polynucleotide need be identical. The precedingdescription applies to all oligonucleotides referred to herein,including antisense oligonucleotides and siRNA.

In some embodiments, one or more internucleoside linkages in anantisense oligonucleotide are phosphorothioates. In some embodiments,one or more sugar moieties in an antisense oligonucleotide comprise 2′modifications, such as 2′-O-alkyl (such as 2′-OMe) and 2′-fluoro; or arebicyclic sugar moieties (such as LNA). Nonlimiting exemplary nucleobasemodifications include 5-methylcytosine. An antisense oligonucleotide maycomprise more than one type of modification within a singleoligonucleotide. That is, as a nonlimiting example, an antisenseoligonucleotide may comprise 2′-O alkyl modifications, bicyclicnucleotides, and phosphorothioate linkages in the same oligonucleotide.In some embodiments, an antisense oligonucleotide is a “gapmer.” Gapmerscomprise a central region of deoxyribonucleotides for mediating RNase Hcleavage, and 5′ and 3′ “wings” comprising modified sugar moieties thatincrease the stability of the duplex.

Antisense oligonucleotide design and mechanisms are described, e.g., invan Roon-Mom et al., Methods Mol. Biol., 867: 79-96 (20120); Prakash,Chem. Biodivers., 8: 1616-1641 (2011); Yamamoto et al., Future Med.Chem., 3: 339-365 (2011); Chan et al., Clin. Exper. Pharmacol. Physiol.,33: 533-540 (2006); Kurreck et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 30: 1911-1918(2002); Kurreck, Eur. J. Biochem., 270: 1628-1644 (2003); Geary, ExpertOpin. Drug Metab. Toxicol., 5: 381-391 (2009); “Designing AntisenseOligonucleotides,” available online from Integrated DNA Technologies(2011).

Short Interfering RNAs (siRNAs)

In some embodiments, the expression of USP30 is inhibited with a shortinterfering RNA (siRNA). As used herein, siRNAs are synonymous withdouble-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and include double-stranded RNA oligomerswith or without hairpin structures at each end (also referred to assmall hairpin RNA, or shRNA). Short interfering RNAs are also known assmall interfering RNAs, silencing RNAs, short inhibitory RNA, and/orsmall inhibitory RNAs, and these terms are considered to be equivalentherein.

The term “short-interfering RNA (siRNA)” refers to small double-strandedRNAs that interfere with gene expression. siRNAs are mediators of RNAinterference, the process by which double-stranded RNA silenceshomologous genes. In some embodiments, siRNAs are comprised of twosingle-stranded RNAs of about 15-25 nucleotides in length that form aduplex, which may include single-stranded overhang(s). In someembodiments, siRNAs are comprised of a single RNA that forms a hairpinstructure that includes a double-stranded portion that may be 15-25nucleotides in length and may include a single-stranded overhang. Suchhairpin siRNAs may be referred to as a short hairpin RNA (shRNA).Processing of the double-stranded RNA by an enzymatic complex, forexample, polymerases, may result in cleavage of the double-stranded RNAto produce siRNAs. The antisense strand of the siRNA is used by an RNAinterference (RNAi) silencing complex to guide mRNA cleavage, therebypromoting mRNA degradation. To silence a specific gene using siRNAs, forexample, in a mammalian cell, a base pairing region is selected to avoidchance complementarity to an unrelated mRNA. RNAi silencing complexeshave been identified in the art, such as, for example, by Fire et al.,Nature 391:806-811, 1998, and McManus et al., Nat. Rev. Genet.3(10):737-747, 2002.

In some embodiments, small interfering RNAs comprise at least about 10to about 200 nucleotides, including at least about 16 nucleotides, atleast about 17 nucleotides, at least about 18 nucleotides, at leastabout 19 nucleotides, at least about 20 nucleotides, at least about 21nucleotides, at least about 22 nucleotides, at least about 23nucleotides, at least about 24 nucleotides, at least about 25nucleotides, at least about 26 nucleotides, at least about 27nucleotides, at least about 28 nucleotides, at least about 29nucleotides, at least about 30 nucleotides, at least about 35nucleotides, at least about 40 nucleotides, at least about 45nucleotides, at least about 50 nucleotides, at least about 55nucleotides, at least about 60 nucleotides, at least about 65nucleotides, at least about 70 nucleotides, at least about 75nucleotides, at least about 80 nucleotides, at least about 85nucleotides, at least about 90 nucleotides, at least about 95nucleotides, at least about 100 nucleotides, at least about 110nucleotides, at least about 120 nucleotides, at least about 130nucleotides, at least about 140 nucleotides, at least about 150nucleotides, or greater than 150 nucleotides. In some embodiments, ansiRNA is 10 to 200 nucleotides long, or 10 to 100 nucleotides long, or15 to 100 nucleotides long, or 10 to 60 nucleotides long, or 15 to 60nucleotides long, or 10 to 50 nucleotides long, or 15 to 50 nucleotideslong, or 10 to 30 nucleotides long, or 15 to 30 nucleotides long. Incertain embodiments, the siRNA comprises an oligonucleotide from about21 to about 25 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the siRNAmolecule is a heteroduplex of RNA and DNA.

As with antisense oligonucleotides, siRNAs can include modifications tothe sugar, internucleoside linkages, and/or nucleobases. Nonlimitingexemplary modifications suitable for use in siRNAs are described hereinand also, e.g., in Peacock et al., J. Org. Chem., 76: 7295-7300 (2011);Bramsen et al., Methods Mol. Biol., 721: 77-103 (2011); Pasternak etal., Org. Biomol. Chem., 9: 3591-3597 (2011); Gaglione et al., Mini Rev.Med. Chem., 10: 578-595 (2010); Chernolovskaya et al., Curr. Opin. Mol.Ther., 12: 158-167 (2010).

A process for inhibiting expression of USP30 in a cell comprisesintroduction of an siRNA with partial or fully double-stranded characterinto the cell. In some embodiments, an siRNA comprises a nucleotidesequence that is at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%,at least 95%, or 100% identical to a nucleotide sequence found in theUSP30 gene coding region or pre-mRNA.

In some embodiments, an siRNA specific to the USP30 gene is synthesizedand introduced directly into a subject. In other embodiments, the siRNAcan be formulated as part of a targeted delivery system, such as atarget specific liposome, which specifically recognizes and delivers thesiRNA to an appropriate tissue or cell type. Upon administration of thetargeted siRNA to a subject, the siRNA is delivered to the appropriatecell type, thereby increasing the concentration siRNA within the celltype. Depending on the dose of siRNA delivered, this process can providepartial or complete loss of USP30 protein expression.

In other embodiments, an appropriate cell or tissue is provided with anexpression construct that comprises a nucleic acid encoding one or bothstrands of an siRNA that is specific to the USP30 gene. In theseembodiments, the nucleic acid that encodes one or both strands of thesiRNA can be placed under the control of either a constitutive or aregulatable promoter. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid encodes ansiRNA that forms a hairpin structure, e.g., a shRNA.

Various carriers and drug-delivery systems for siRNAs are described,e.g., in Seth et al., Ther. Deliv., 3: 245-261 (2012); Kanasty et al.,Mol. Ther., 20: 513-524 (2012); Methods Enzymol., 502: 91-122 (2012);Vader et al., Curr. Top. Med. Chem., 12: 108-119 (2012); Naeye et al.,Curr. Top. Med. Chem., 12: 89-96 (2012); Foged, Curr. Top. Med. Chem.,12: 97-107 (2012); Chaturvedi et al., Expert Opin. Drug Deliv., 8:1455-1468 (2011); Gao et al., Int. J. Nanomed., 6: 1017-1025 (2011);Shegokar et al., Pharmazie., 66: 313-318 (2011); Kumari et al., ExpertOpin. Drug Deliv., 11: 1327-1339 (2011).

Antibodies

In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 is an antibody. The term“antibody” is used herein in the broadest sense and encompasses variousantibody structures, including but not limited to monoclonal antibodies,polyclonal antibodies, multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecificantibodies), and antibody fragments so long as they exhibit the desiredantigen-binding activity. The term “antibody” as used herein refers to amolecule comprising at least complementarity-determining region (CDR) 1,CDR2, and CDR3 of a heavy chain and at least CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 of alight chain, wherein the molecule is capable of binding to antigen. Theterm antibody includes, but is not limited to, fragments that arecapable of binding antigen, such as Fv, single-chain Fv (scFv), Fab,Fab′, and (Fab′)₂. The term antibody also includes, but is not limitedto, chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, and antibodies of variousspecies such as mouse, human, cynomolgus monkey, etc.

In some embodiments, an antibody comprises a heavy chain variable regionand a light chain variable region, one or both of which may or may notcomprise a respective constant region. A heavy chain variable regioncomprises heavy chain CDR1, framework (FR) 2, CDR2, FR3, and CDR3. Insome embodiments, a heavy chain variable region also comprises at leasta portion of an FR1, which is N-terminal to CDR1, and/or at least aportion of an FR4, which is C-terminal to CDR3. Similarly, a light chainvariable region comprises light chain CDR1, framework (FR) 2, CDR2, FR3,and CDR3. In some embodiments, a light chain variable region alsocomprises an FR1 and/or an FR4.

Nonlimiting exemplary heavy chain constant regions include γ, δ, and α.Nonlimiting exemplary heavy chain constant regions also include ε and μ.Each heavy constant region corresponds to an antibody isotype. Forexample, an antibody comprising a γ constant region is an IgG antibody,an antibody comprising a δ constant region is an IgD antibody, and anantibody comprising an a constant region is an IgA antibody. Certainisotypes can be further subdivided into subclasses. For example, IgGantibodies include, but are not limited to, IgG1 (comprising a γ₁constant region), IgG2 (comprising a γ₂ constant region), IgG3(comprising a γ₃ constant region), and IgG4 (comprising a γ₄ constantregion) antibodies. Nonlimiting exemplary light chain constant regionsinclude λ and κ.

In some embodiments, an antibody is a chimeric antibody, which comprisesat least one variable region from a first species (such as mouse, rat,cynomolgus monkey, etc.) and at least one constant region from a secondspecies (such as human, cynomolgus monkey, chicken, etc.). The humanconstant region of a chimeric antibody need not be of the same isotypeas the non-human constant region, if any, it replaces. Chimericantibodies are discussed, e.g., in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567; and Morrisonet al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 6851-55 (1984).

In some embodiments, an antibody is a humanized antibody, in which atleast one amino acid in a framework region of a non-human variableregion (such as mouse, rat, cynomolgus monkey, chicken, etc.) has beenreplaced with the corresponding amino acid from a human variable region.In some embodiments, a humanized antibody comprises at least one humanconstant region or fragment thereof. In some embodiments, a humanizedantibody is an Fab, an scFv, a (Fab′)₂, etc. Exemplary humanizedantibodies include CDR-grafted antibodies, in which the complementaritydetermining regions (CDRs) of a first (non-human) species have beengrafted onto the framework regions (FRs) of a second (human) species.Humanized antibodies are useful as therapeutic molecules becausehumanized antibodies reduce or eliminate the human immune response tonon-human antibodies (such as the human anti-mouse antibody (HAMA)response), which can result in an immune response to an antibodytherapeutic, and decreased effectiveness of the therapeutic. An antibodymay be humanized by any method. Nonlimiting exemplary methods ofhumanization include methods described, e.g., in U.S. Pat. Nos.5,530,101; 5,585,089; 5,693,761; 5,693,762; 6,180,370; Jones et al.,Nature 321: 522-525 (1986); Riechmann et al., Nature 332: 323-27 (1988);Verhoeyen et al., Science 239: 1534-36 (1988); and U.S. Publication No.US 2009/0136500.

In some embodiments, an antibody is a human antibody, such as anantibody produced in a non-human animal that comprises humanimmunoglobulin genes, such as XenoMouse®, and antibodies selected usingin vitro methods, such as phage display, wherein the antibody repertoireis based on a human immunoglobulin sequences. Transgenic mice thatcomprise human immunoglobulin loci and their use in making humanantibodies are described, e.g., in Jakobovits et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 90: 2551-55 (1993); Jakobovits et al., Nature 362: 255-8(1993); Lonberg et al., Nature 368: 856-9 (1994); and U.S. Pat. Nos.5,545,807; 6,713,610; 6,673,986; 6,162,963; 5,545,807; 6,300,129;6,255,458; 5,877,397; 5,874,299; and 5,545,806. Methods of making humanantibodies using phage display libraries are described, e.g., inHoogenboom et al., J. Mol. Biol. 227: 381-8 (1992); Marks et al., J.Mol. Biol. 222: 581-97 (1991); and PCT Publication No. WO 99/10494.

The choice of heavy chain constant region can determine whether or notan antibody will have effector function in vivo. Such effector function,in some embodiments, includes antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), andcan result in killing of the cell to which the antibody is bound.Typically, antibodies comprising human IgG1 or IgG3 heavy chains haveeffector function. In some embodiments, effector function is notdesirable. In some such embodiments, a human IgG4 or IgG2 heavy chainconstant region may be selected or engineered.

Peptides

In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 is a peptide. A peptide is asequence of amino acids of made up of a single chain of D- or L-aminoacids or a mixture of D- and L-amino acids joined by peptide bonds. Theamino acid subunits of the peptide may be naturally-occurring aminoacids or may be non-naturally occurring amino acids. Many non-naturallyoccurring amino acids are known in the art and are availablecommercially. Further, the peptide bonds joining the amino acid subunitsmay be modified. See, e.g., Sigma-Aldrich; Gentilucci et al., Curr.Pharm. Des. 16: 3185-3203 (2010); US 2008/0318838. Generally, peptidescontain at least two amino acid residues and are less than about 50amino acids in length. In various embodiments, peptide inhibitors maycomprise or consist of between 3 and 50, between 5 and 50, between 10and 50, between 10 and 40, between 10 and 35, between 10 and 30, orbetween 10 and 25 amino acids. In various embodiments, peptideinhibitors may comprise 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24, or 25 amino acids. In various embodiments, peptideinhibitors may consist of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, or 25 amino acids.

Methods of developing peptides that specifically bind a target moleculeare known in the art, including phage display methods. See, e.g., U.S.Pat. No. 5,010,175; WO 1996/023899; WO 1998/015833; Bratkovic, Cell.Mol. Life Sci., 67: 749-767 (2010); Pande et al., Biotech. Adv. 28:849-858 (2010). In some embodiments, following selection of a peptide,the peptide may be modified, e.g., by incorporating non-natural aminoacids and/or peptide bonds. A nonlimiting exemplary method of selectinga peptide inhibitor of USP30 is described herein.

Amino acids that are important for peptide inhibition may be determined,in some embodiments, by alanine scanning mutagenesis. Each residue isreplaced in turn with a single amino acid, typically alanine, and theeffect on USP30 inhibition is assessed. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.5,580,723 and 5,834,250. Truncation analyses may also be used todetermine not only the importance of the amino acids at the ends of apeptide, but also the importance of the length of the peptide, oninhibitory activity. In some instances, truncation analysis may reveal ashorter peptide that binds more tightly than the parent peptide. Theresults of various mutational analyses, such as alanine scanningmutagenesis and truncation analyses, may be used to inform furthermodifications of an inhibitor peptide.

Nonlimiting exemplary peptide inhibitors are described herein, e.g., inExample 10 and FIG. 15. One skilled in the art will appreciate that, insome embodiments, the peptide sequences described herein may be modifiedin order to generate further peptide inhibitors with desirableproperties, such as improved specificity for USP30, stronger binding toUSP30, improved solubility, and/or improved cell membrane permeability.In some embodiments, a peptide inhibitor of USP30 comprises an aminoacid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least95%, or 100% identical to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 22.

In some embodiments, a peptide inhibitor comprises the amino acidsequence:

X₁X₂CX₃X₄X₅X₆X₇X₈X₉X₁₀X₁₁CX₁₂ (SEQ ID NO: 48)wherein:

X₁ is selected from L, M, A, S, and V;

X₂ is selected from Y, D, E, I, L, N, and S;

X₃ is selected from F, I, and Y;

X₄ is selected from F, I, and Y;

X₅ is selected from D and E;

X₆ is selected from L, M, V, and P;

X₇ is selected from S, N, D, A, and T;

X₈ is selected from Y, D, F, N, and W;

X₉ is selected from G, D, and E;

X₁₀ is selected from Y and F;

X₁₁ is selected from L, V, M, Q, and W; and

X₁₂ is selected from F, L, C, V, and Y;

In some embodiments, the peptide inhibits USP30 with an IC50 of lessthan 10 μM. In some embodiments, X₁ is selected from L and M. In someembodiments, X₃ is selected from Y and D. In some embodiments, X₃ is F.In some embodiments, X₄ is selected from Y and F. In some embodiments,X₄ is Y. In some embodiments, X₅ is D. In some embodiments, X₆ isselected from L and M. In some embodiments, X₇ is selected from S, N,and D. In some embodiments, X₈ is Y. In some embodiments, X₉ is G. Insome embodiments, X₁₀ is Y. In some embodiments, X₁₁ is L. In someembodiments, X₁₂ is selected from F and L. In some embodiments, X₁₂ isF.

In some embodiments, a peptide inhibitor comprises the amino acidsequence:

(SEQ ID NO: 49) X_(A)X₁X₂CX₃X₄X₅X₆X₇X₈X₉X₁₀X₁₁CX₁₂X_(B)wherein X₁ to X₁₂ are as defined above, and X_(A) and X_(B) are eachindependently any amino acid. In some embodiments, X_(A) is selectedfrom S, A, T, E Q, D, and R. In some embodiments, X_(B) is selected fromD, Y, E, H, S, and I.

Peptibodies

In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 is a peptibody. A peptibodyis peptide sequence linked to vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicleportion of the peptibody reduces degradation and/or increases half-life,reduces toxicity, reduces immunogenicity, and/or increases biologicalactivity of the peptide. In some embodiments, the vehicle portion of thepeptibody is an antibody Fc domain. Other vehicles include linearpolymers (e.g., polyethylene glycol (PEG), polylysine, dextran, etc.);branched-chain polymers (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,289,872 and U.S.Pat. No. 5,229,490; WO 1993/0021259); a lipid; a cholesterol group (suchas a steroid); a carbohydrate or oligosaccharide; or any natural orsynthetic protein, polypeptide, or peptide vehicle. The peptide portionof the peptibody typically binds to the target, e.g., USP30. In someembodiments, the peptide portion of the peptibody is a peptide describedherein.

In some embodiments, peptibodies retain certain desirablecharacteristics of antibodies, such as a long lifetime in plasma andincreased affinity for binding partners (for example, due to thedimerization of Fc domains). The production of peptibodies is generallydescribed, e.g., in WO 2000/0024782 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,660,843.

Aptamers

In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 is an aptamer. The term“aptamer” as used herein refers to a nucleic acid molecule thatspecifically binds to a target molecule, such as USP30. Aptamers can beselected to be highly specific, relatively small in size, and/ornon-immunogenic. See, e.g., Ni, et al., Curr. Med. Chem. 18: 4206(2011). In some embodiments, a aptamer is a small RNA, DNA, or mixedRNA/DNA molecule that forms a secondary and/or tertiary structurecapable of specifically binding and inhibiting USP30.

In some embodiments, an aptamer includes one or more modifiednucleosides (e.g., nucleosides with modified sugars, modifiednucleobases, and/or modified internucleoside linkages), for example,that increase stability in vivo, increase target affinity, increasesolubility, increase serum half-life, increase resistance todegradation, and/or increase membrane permeability, etc. In someembodiments, aptamers comprise one or more modified or invertednucleotides at their termini to prevent terminal degradation, e.g., byan exonuclease.

The generation and therapeutic use of aptamers are well established inthe art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,475,096. In some embodiments,aptamers are produced by systematic evolution of ligands by exponentialenrichment (SELEX), e.g., as described in Ellington et al., Nature 346:818 (1990); and Tuerk et al., Science 249: 505 (1990). In someembodiments, aptamers are produced by an AptaBid method, e.g., asdescribed in Berezovski et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130: 913 (2008). Slowoff-rate aptamers and methods of selecting such aptamers are described,e.g., in Brody et al., Expert Rev. Mol. Diagn., 10: 1013-22 (2010); andU.S. Pat. No. 7,964,356.

Small Molecules

In some embodiments, small molecule inhibitors of USP30 are provided. Insome embodiments, a small molecule inhibitor of USP30 binds to USP30 andinhibits USP30 enzymatic activity (e.g., peptidase activity) and/orinterferes with USP30 target binding and/or alters USP30 conformationsuch that the efficiency of enzymatic activity or target binding isreduced.

A “small molecule” is defined herein to have a molecular weight belowabout 1000 Daltons, for example, below about 900 Daltons, below about800 Daltons, below about 700 Daltons, below about 600 Daltons, or belowabout 500 Daltons. Small molecules may be organic or inorganic, and maybe isolated from, for example, compound libraries or natural sources, ormay be obtained by derivatization of known compounds.

In some embodiments, a small molecule inhibitor of USP30 is identifiedby screening a library of small molecules. The generation and screeningof small molecule libraries is well known in the art. See, e.g.,Thompson et al., Chem. Rev. 96: 555-600 (1996); and the NationalInstitutes of Health Molecular Libraries Program. A combinatorialchemical library, for example, may be formed by mixing a set of chemicalbuilding blocks in various combinations, and may result in millions ofchemical compounds. For example, the systematic, combinatorial mixing of100 interchangeable chemical building blocks theoretically results inthe synthesis of 100 million tetrameric compounds or 10 billionpentameric compounds. See, e.g., Gallop et al. 1994, J. Med. Chem. 37:1233-1250). Various other types of small molecule libraries may also bedesigned and used, such as, for example, natural product libraries.Small molecule libraries can be obtained from various commercialvendors. See, e.g., ChemBridge, Enzo Life Sciences, Sigma-Aldrich, AMRIGlobal, etc.

To identify a small molecule inhibitor of USP30, in some embodiments, asmall molecule library may be screened using an assay described herein.In some embodiments, the characteristics of each small molecule thatinhibits USP30 are considered in order to identify features common tothe small molecule inhibitors, which may be used to inform furthermodifications of the small molecules.

In some embodiments, one or more small molecule inhibitors of USP30identified, for example, in an initial library screen, may be used togenerate a subsequent library comprising modifications of the initialsmall molecule inhibitors. Using this method, subsequent iterations ofcandidate compounds may be developed that possess greater specificityfor USP30 (versus other DUBs), and/or greater binding affinity forUSP30, and/or other desirable properties, such as low toxicity, greatersolubility, greater cell permeability, etc.

Various small molecule inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes are knownin the art, some of which are shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Inhibitors of ubiquitin specific proteases Name Structure TargetReference HBX 41, 108

USP7 Colland et al., Mol. Cancer Therap., 8:2286 (2009) HBX 90, 397

USP8 WO 2007/017758; IU1

USP14 Lee et al., Nature, 467: 179-184 (2010) PR619

Broad specificity DUB inhibitor Tian et al., Assay Drug Develop.Technol., 9: 165-173 (2011) Isatin O-acyl oxime

UCH-L1 Liu et al., Chemistry & Biology, 10: 837-846 (2003) Isatinderivative

UCH-L3 Liu et al., Neurobiol. Disease, 41: 318-328 (2010); Koharudin etal., PNAS, 107: 6835- 6840 (2010) PGA₁

Ubiquitin isopeptidase Mullally et al., J. Biol. Chem., 276: 30366-73(2001) PGA₂

Ubiquitin isopeptidase Mullally et al., J. Biol. Chem., 276: 30366-73(2001) Δ12-PGJ₂

Ubiquitin isopeptidase Mullally et al., J. Biol. Chem., 276: 30366-73(2001) Dibenzylidene- acetone (DBA)

Ubiquitin isopeptidase WO 2004/009023 Curcumin

Ubiquitin isopeptidase WO 2004/009023 Shikoccin (NSC-302979)

Ubiquitin isopeptidase WO 2004/009023

The inhibitors shown in Table 3 and the references cited therein, aswell as additional inhibitors known in the art, can form the basis fordeveloping additional deubiquitylation enzyme inhibitors, includingspecific inhibitors of USP30. See also WO 2007/009715. One skilled inthe art can, for example, make modifications to any of the abovestructures to form a library of putative deubiquitylation enzymeinhibitors and screen for modified compounds with specificity for USP30using the assays described herein.

B. Assays

Various assays may be used to identify and test inhibitors of USP30. Forinhibitors that reduce expression of USP30 protein, any assay thatdetects protein levels may be suitable for measuring inhibition. As anexample, protein levels can be detected by various immunoassays usingantibodies that bind USP30, such as ELISA, Western blotting,immunohistochemistry, etc. If an inhibitor affects the subcellularlocalization of USP30, changes in subcellular localization may bedetected, e.g., by immunohistochemistry, or by fractionating cellularcomponents and detecting levels of USP30 in the various fractions usingone or more antibodies. For inhibitors that reduce levels of USP30 mRNA,amplification-based assays, such as reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)may be used to detect changes in mRNA levels.

For inhibitors that affect USP30 enzymatic activity, a nonlimitingexemplary assay is as follows: USP30 is contacted with the inhibitor orcandidate inhibitor in the presence of a USP30 substrate. Nonlimitingexemplary USP30 substrates include a Ub-β-galactosidase fusion protein(see, e.g., Quesada et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun 314:54-62(2004)), Ub4 chains (e.g., Lys-48- and Lys-63-linked Ub), the linearproduct of UBIQ gene translation; the post-translationally formedbranched peptide bonds in mono- or multi-ubiquitylated conjugates;ubiquitylated remnants resulting from proteasome-mediated degradation,and other small amide or ester adducts. USP30 activity (e.g., processingof Ub substrates) is measured in the presence of USP30 and the inhibitoror candidate inhibitor. This activity is compared with the processing ofUb substrates in the presence USP30 without the inhibitor or candidateinhibitor. If the inhibitor or candidate inhibitor inhibits the activityof USP30, the amount of UB substrate processing will decrease comparedto the amount of UB substrate processing in the presence of USP30without the inhibitor or candidate inhibitor.

A further nonlimiting exemplary assay to determine inhibition and/orspecificity is described in Example 10. Briefly, a range ofconcentrations of inhibitor are mixed with ubiquitin-AMC and USP30 (theinhibitor may be mixed with the substrate, and then USP30 added to startthe reaction). If specificity is to be determined, similar reactions maybe set up with one or more additional DUBs or ubiquitin C-terminalhydrolases (UCHs) in place of USP30. Immediately after addition of theenzyme, fluorescence is monitored (with excitation at 340 nm andemission at 465 nm). The initial rate of enzymatic activity may becalculated as described in Example 10.

C. Pharmaceutical Formulations

Pharmaceutical formulations of an inhibitor of USP30 as described hereinare prepared by mixing such inhibitor having the desired degree ofpurity with one or more optional pharmaceutically acceptable carriers(Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980)),in the form of lyophilized formulations or aqueous solutions.Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are generally nontoxic torecipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include, butare not limited to: buffers such as phosphate, citrate, and otherorganic acids; antioxidants including ascorbic acid and methionine;preservatives (such as octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride;hexamethonium chloride; benzalkonium chloride; benzethonium chloride;phenol, butyl or benzyl alcohol; alkyl parabens such as methyl or propylparaben; catechol; resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and m-cresol);low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides;proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins;hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids such asglycine, glutamine, asparagine, histidine, arginine, or lysine;monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates includingglucose, mannose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugarssuch as sucrose, mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol; salt-formingcounter-ions such as sodium; metal complexes (e.g. Zn-proteincomplexes); and/or non-ionic surfactants such as polyethylene glycol(PEG). Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable carriers herein furtherinclude insterstitial drug dispersion agents such as solubleneutral-active hyaluronidase glycoproteins (sHASEGP), for example, humansoluble PH-20 hyaluronidase glycoproteins, such as rHuPH20 (HYLENEX®,Baxter International, Inc.). Certain exemplary sHASEGPs and methods ofuse, including rHuPH20, are described in US Patent Publication Nos.2005/0260186 and 2006/0104968. In one aspect, a sHASEGP is combined withone or more additional glycosaminoglycanases such as chondroitinases.

The formulation herein may also contain more than one active ingredientas necessary for the particular indication being treated, preferablythose with complementary activities that do not adversely affect eachother.

Active ingredients may be entrapped in microcapsules prepared, forexample, by coacervation techniques or by interfacial polymerization,for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules andpoly-(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, in colloidal drugdelivery systems (for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres,microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules) or in macroemulsions.Such techniques are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980).

Sustained-release preparations may be prepared. Suitable examples ofsustained-release preparations include semipermeable matrices of solidhydrophobic polymers containing the inhibitor, which matrices are in theform of shaped articles, e.g. films, or microcapsules.

The formulations to be used for in vivo administration are generallysterile. Sterility may be readily accomplished, e.g., by filtrationthrough sterile filtration membranes.

D. Therapeutic Methods and Compositions

Any of the inhibitors of USP30 provided herein may be used in methods,e.g., therapeutic methods. In some embodiments, a method of increasingmitophagy in a cell is provided, the method comprising contacting thecell with an inhibitor of USP30 under conditions allowing inhibition ofUSP30 in the cell. In some embodiments, a method of increasingmitochondrial ubiquitination in a cell is provided, the methodcomprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30 underconditions allowing inhibition of USP30 in the cell. Increased mitophagymay be determined, e.g., using immunofluorescence as described inExample 6. Increased ubiquitination may be determined, e.g., byimmunoaffinity enrichment of ubiquitinated peptides after trypsindigestion, followed by mass spectrometry as described in Example 5. Insome embodiments, an increase in mitochondrial ubiquitination may bedetermined by comparing the ubiquitination of a mitochondrial proteins acell or population of cells contacted with an inhibitor of USP30 withthe ubiquitination of mitochondrial proteins in a matched cell orpopulation of cells not contacted with the inhibitor.

In some embodiments, increased mitophagy means a reduction in theaverage number of mitochondria per cell of at least 10%, at least 15%,at least 20%, at least 25%, at least 30%, at least 35%, at least 40%, atleast 45%, at least 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, atleast 70%, or at least 75%, in a population of cells contacted with aninhibitor of USP30, as compared to matched population of cells notcontacted with the inhibitor. In some embodiments, increasedmitochondrial ubiquitination means an increase in overall ubiquitinationof mitochondrial proteins in a cell or population of cells contactedwith an inhibitor of USP30 of at least 10%, at least 20%, at least 30%,at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, atleast 90%, at least 100% (i.e., 2-fold), at least 150%, or at least 200%(i.e., 3-fold) as compared to a matched cell or population of cells notcontacted with the inhibitor.

In some embodiments, a method of increasing ubiquitination of at leastone protein selected from Tom20, MIRO, MUL1, ASNS, FKBP8, TOM70, MAT2B,PRDX3, IDE, VDAC, IP05, PSD13, UBP13, and PTH2 in a cell is provided,the method comprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30under conditions allowing inhibition of USP30 in the cell. In some suchembodiments, ubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, orthree amino acids selected from K56, K61, and K68 of Tom 20; and/orubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, or eightamino acids selected from K153, K187, K330, K427, K512, K535, K567, andK572 of MIRO. In some such embodiments, ubiquitination increases at atleast one, at least two, or three amino acids selected from K56, K61,and K68 of Tom 20; and/or ubiquitination increases at at least one, atleast two, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six,at least seven, or eight amino acids selected from K153, K187, K330,K427, K512, K535, K567, and K572 of MIRO; and/or ubiquitinationincreases at at least one, at least two, or three amino acids selectedfrom K273, K299, and K52 of MUL1; and/or ubiquitination increases at atleast one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five,at least six, at least seven, or eight amino acids selected from K249,K271, K273, K284, K307, K317, K334, and K340 of FKBP8; and/orubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, or nine amino acids selected from K147, K168, K176, K221, K244,K275, K478, K504, and K556 of ASNS; and/or ubiquitination increases atat least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at leastfive, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, at least nine, or atleast ten amino acids selected from K78, K120, K123, K126, K129, K148,K168, K170, K178, K185, K204, K230, K233, K245, K275, K278, K312, K326,K349, K359, K441, K463, K470, K471, K494, K501, K524, K536, K563, K570,K599, K600, and K604 of TOM70; and/or ubiquitination increases at atleast one, at least two, at least three, or four amino acids selectedfrom K209, K245, K316, and K326 of MAT2B; and/or ubiquitinationincreases at at least one, at least two, at least three, at least four,or five amino acids selected from K83, K91, K166, K241, and K253 ofPRDX3; and/or ubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, atleast three, at least four, at least five, or six amino acids selectedfrom K558, K657, K854, K884, K929, and K933 of IDE; and/orubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, or seven amino acidsselected from K20, K53, K61, K109, K110, K266, and K274 of VDAC1; and/orubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, or six amino acids selected from K31, K64,K120, K121, K277, and K285 of VDAC2; and/or ubiquitination increases atat least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at leastfive, at least six, at least seven, or eight amino acids selected fromK20, K53, K61, K109, K110, K163, K266, and K274 of VDAC3; and/orubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected from K238,K353, K436, K437, K548, K556, K613, K678, K690, K705, K775, and K806 ofIP05; and/or ubiquitination increases at at least one, at least two, atleast three, at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven,at least eight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected fromK2, K32, K99, K115, K122, K132, K161, K186, K313, K321, K347, K350, andK361 of PSD13; and/or ubiquitination increases at at least one, at leasttwo, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, atleast seven, at least eight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acidsselected from K18, K190, K259, K326, K328, K401, K405, K414, K418, K435,K586, K587, and K640 of UBP13; and/or ubiquitination increases at atleast one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five,at least six, at least seven, at least eight, or nine amino acidsselected from K47, K76, K81, K95, K106, K119, K134, K171, K177 of PTH2.In some embodiments, ubiquitination of one or more additional proteinsincreases upon contacting a cell with an inhibitor of USP30. Nonlimitingexemplary proteins whose ubiquitination may be increased in the presenceof an inhibitor of USP30 are listed in Appendix A, which is incorporatedherein by reference. Increased ubiquitination of a target protein can bedetermined, e.g., by immunoaffinity enrichment of ubiquitinated peptidesafter trypsin digestion, followed by mass spectrometry, as described inExample 5. In some embodiments, an increase in ubiquitination may bedetermined by comparing the ubiquitination of a target protein a cell orpopulation of cells contacted with an inhibitor of USP30 with theubiquitination of the same target protein in a matched cell orpopulation of cells not contacted with the inhibitor.

In some embodiments, increased ubiquitination of a protein means anincrease in ubiquitination of the protein in a cell or population ofcells contacted with an inhibitor of USP30 of at least 10%, at least20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 100% (i.e., 2-fold), at least150%, or at least 200% (i.e., 3-fold) as compared to a matched cell orpopulation of cells not contacted with the inhibitor.

In some embodiments, the cell is under oxidative stress. Further, insome embodiments, a method of reducing oxidative stress in a cell isprovided, the method comprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor ofUSP30 under conditions allowing inhibition of USP30 in the cell.

In any of the foregoing methods, the cell may comprise a pathogenicmutation in Parkin, a pathogenic mutation in PINK1, or a pathogenicmutation in Parkin and a pathogenic mutation in PINK1. Nonlimitingexemplary pathogenic mutations in Parkin and PINK1 are shown, e.g., inTables 1 and 2 herein.

In some embodiments, the cell is a neuron. In some embodiments, the cellis a substantia nigra neuron. In some embodiments, the cell is a cardiaccell. In some embodiments, the cell is a cardiomyocyte cell. In someembodiments, the cell is a muscle cell.

In some embodiments of any of the foregoing methods, the cell iscomprised in a subject. In some embodiments of any of the foregoingmethods, the cell may be in vitro or ex vivo.

In another aspect, an inhibitor of USP30 for use as a medicament isprovided. In further aspects, an inhibitor of USP30 for use in a methodof treatment is provided. In some embodiments, a method of treating acondition involving a mitochondrial defect in a subject is provided, themethod comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of aninhibitor of USP30. A condition involving a mitochondrial defect mayinvolve a mitophagy defect, one or more mutations in mitochondrial DNA,mitochondrial oxidative stress, defects in mitochondrialshape/morphology, mitochondrial membrane potential defects, and/or alysosomal storage defect. Nonlimiting exemplary conditions involvingmitochondrial defects include neurodegenerative diseases; mitochondrialmyopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes(MELAS) syndrome; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON);neuropathy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa-maternally inherited Leighsyndrome (NARP-MILS); Danon disease; ischemic heart disease leading tomyocardial infarction; multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD);mucolipidosis II (ML II); mucolipidosis III (ML III); mucolipidosis IV(ML IV); GM1-gangliosidosis (GM1); neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses(NCL1); Alpers disease; Barth syndrome; Beta-oxidation defects;carnitine-acyl-carnitine deficiency; carnitine deficiency; creatinedeficiency syndromes; co-enzyme Q10 deficiency; complex I deficiency;complex II deficiency; complex III deficiency; complex IV deficiency;complex V deficiency; COX deficiency; chronic progressive externalophthalmoplegia syndrome (CPEO); CPT I deficiency; CPT II deficiency;glutaric aciduria type II; Kearns-Sayre syndrome; lactic acidosis;long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency (LCHAD); Leigh disease orsyndrome; lethal infantile cardiomyopathy (LIC); Luft disease; glutaricaciduria type II; medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency(MCAD); myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber (MERRF) syndrome;mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome; mitochondrial cytopathy;mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome; myoneurogastointestinal disorderand encephalopathy; Pearson syndrome; pyruvate carboxylase deficiency;pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; POLG mutations; medium/short-chain3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (M/SCHAD) deficiency; and verylong-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase (VLCAD) deficiency. Nonlimitingexemplary neurodegenerative diseases that involve mitochondrial defectsinclude Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ischemia, stroke, dementia withLewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia. Additional exemplaryneurodegenerative diseases that may involve mitochondrial defectsinclude, but are not limited to, intracranial hemorrhage, cerebralhemorrhage, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Bell'sPalsy, myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, progressive muscularatrophy, primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), pseudobulbar palsy,progressive bulbar palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, inherited muscularatrophy, invertebrate disk syndromes, cervical spondylosis, plexusdisorders, thoracic outlet destruction syndromes, peripheralneuropathies, prophyria, multiple system atrophy, progressivesupranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, demyelinating diseases,Guillain-Barre syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Toothdisease, prion disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease,Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familialinsomnia. In some such embodiments, the method further comprisesadministering to the individual an effective amount of at least oneadditional therapeutic agent, e.g., as described below.

In some embodiments, an inhibitor of USP30 is provided for use in themanufacture or preparation of a medicament. In some such embodiments,the medicament is for treatment of conditions involving a mitochondrialdefect, such as, for example, conditions involving a mitophagy defect,conditions involving mutations in mitochondrial DNA, conditionsinvolving mitochondrial oxidative stress, conditions involving defectsin mitochondrial shape/morphology, conditions involving defects inmitochondrial membrane potential, and conditions involving lysosomalstorage defects. In further embodiments, the medicament is for use in amethod of treating a condition involving a mitochondrial defect, themethod comprising administering to an individual having the conditioninvolving a mitochondrial defect an effective amount of the medicament.In one such embodiment, the method further comprises administering tothe individual an effective amount of at least one additionaltherapeutic agent, e.g., as described below.

An “individual” according to any of the embodiments herein may be ahuman.

In a further aspect, pharmaceutical formulations comprising any of theinhibitors of USP30 provided herein, e.g., for use in any of the abovetherapeutic methods are provided. In one embodiment, a pharmaceuticalformulation comprises any of the inhibitors of USP30 provided herein anda pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, apharmaceutical formulation comprises any of the inhibitors of USP30provided herein and at least one additional therapeutic agent, e.g., asdescribed below.

Inhibitors of USP30 can be used either alone or in combination withother agents in a therapy. For instance, an inhibitor of USP30 may beco-administered with at least one additional therapeutic agent.

Exemplary therapeutic agents that may be combined with an inhibitor ofUSP30, e.g., for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, include levodopa,dopamine agonists (such as pramipexole, ropinirole, and apomorphine),monoamine oxygenase (MAO) B inhibitors (such as selegiline andrasagiline), catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors (such asentacapone and tolcapone), anticholinergics (such as benzotropine andtrihexylphenidyl), and amantadine. A further exemplary therapeutic agentthat may be combined with an inhibitor of USP30, e.g., for the treatmentof amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is riluzole. Exemplary therapeuticagents that may be combined with an inhibitor of USP30, e.g., for thetreatment of Alzheimer's disease, include cholinesterase inhibitors(such as donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, and tacrine), andmemantine. Exemplary therapeutic agents that may be combined with aninhibitor of USP30, e.g., for the treatment of Huntington's disease,include tetrabenazine, antipsychotic drugs (such as haloperidol andclozapine), clonazepam, diazepam, antidepressants (such as escitalopram,fluoxetine, and sertraline), and mood-stabilizing drugs (such aslithium), and anti-convulsants (such as valproic acid, divalproex, andlamotrigine).

Administration “in combination” encompasses combined administration(where two or more therapeutic agents are included in the same orseparate formulations), and separate administration, in which case,administration of the inhibitor of the invention can occur prior to,simultaneously, and/or following, administration of the additionaltherapeutic agent and/or adjuvant. In some embodiments, administrationof the inhibitor of USP30 and administration of an additionaltherapeutic agent occur within about one month, or within about one,two, or three weeks, or within about one, two, three, four, five, or sixdays of one another Inhibitors of the invention can also be used incombination with other types of therapies.

An inhibitor of the invention (and any additional therapeutic agent) canbe administered by any suitable means, including oral, parenteral,intrapulmonary, intranasal, and intralesional administration. Parenteraladministration includes, but is not limited to, intramuscular,intravenous, intraarterial, intracerebral, intracerebroventricular,intrathecal, intraocular, intraperitoneal, and subcutaneousadministration. An inhibitor of the invention (and any additionaltherapeutic agent) may also be administered using an implanted deliverydevice, such as, for example, an intracerebral implant. Nonlimitingexemplary central nervous system delivery methods are reviewed, e.g., inPathan et al., Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation, 2009, 3:71-89. Dosing can be by any suitable route, e.g. by injections, such asintravenous or subcutaneous injections, depending in part on whether theadministration is brief or chronic. Various dosing schedules includingbut not limited to single or multiple administrations over varioustime-points, bolus administration, and pulse infusion are contemplatedherein.

Inhibitors of the invention would be formulated, dosed, and administeredin a fashion consistent with good medical practice. Factors forconsideration in this context include the particular disorder beingtreated, the particular mammal being treated, the clinical condition ofthe individual patient, the cause of the disorder, the site of deliveryof the agent, the method of administration, the scheduling ofadministration, and other factors known to medical practitioners. Theinhibitor need not be, but is optionally formulated with one or moreagents currently used to prevent or treat the disorder in question. Theeffective amount of such other agents depends on the amount of inhibitorpresent in the formulation, the type of disorder or treatment, and otherfactors discussed above. These are generally used in the same dosagesand with administration routes as described herein, or about from 1 to99% of the dosages described herein, or in any dosage and by any routethat is empirically/clinically determined to be appropriate.

For the prevention or treatment of disease, the appropriate dosage of aninhibitor of USP30 (when used alone or in combination with one or moreother additional therapeutic agents) will depend on the type of diseaseto be treated, the type of inhibitor, the severity and course of thedisease, whether the inhibitor is administered for preventive ortherapeutic purposes, previous therapy, the patient's clinical historyand response to the inhibitor, and the discretion of the attendingphysician. The inhibitor is suitably administered to the patient at onetime or over a series of treatments. Depending on the type and severityof the disease, about 1 μg/kg to 15 mg/kg (e.g. 0.1 mg/kg-10 mg/kg) ofinhibitor can be an initial candidate dosage for administration to thepatient, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations,or by continuous infusion. One typical daily dosage might range fromabout 1 μg/kg to 100 mg/kg or more, depending on the factors mentionedabove. For repeated administrations over several days or longer,depending on the condition, the treatment would generally be sustaineduntil a desired suppression of disease symptoms occurs. One exemplarydosage of the inhibitor would be in the range from about 0.05 mg/kg toabout 10 mg/kg. Thus, one or more doses of about 0.5 mg/kg, 2.0 mg/kg,4.0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg (or any combination thereof) may be administeredto the patient. Such doses may be administered intermittently, e.g.every week or every three weeks (e.g. such that the patient receivesfrom about two to about twenty, or e.g. about six doses of theinhibitor). An initial higher loading dose, followed by one or morelower doses may be administered. However, other dosage regimens may beuseful. The progress of this therapy is easily monitored by conventionaltechniques and assays.

It is understood that any of the above formulations or therapeuticmethods may be carried out using more than one inhibitor of USP30.

E. Articles of Manufacture

In another aspect of the invention, an article of manufacture containingmaterials useful for the treatment, prevention and/or diagnosis of thedisorders described herein is provided. The article of manufacturecomprises a container and a label or package insert on or associatedwith the container. Suitable containers include, for example, bottles,vials, syringes, IV solution bags, etc. The containers may be formedfrom a variety of materials such as glass or plastic. The containerholds a composition which is by itself or combined with anothercomposition effective for treating, preventing and/or diagnosing thedisorder and may have a sterile access port (for example the containermay be an intravenous solution bag or a vial having a stopper pierceableby a hypodermic injection needle). At least one active agent in thecomposition is an inhibitor of the invention. The label or packageinsert indicates that the composition is used for treating the conditionof choice. Moreover, the article of manufacture may comprise (a) a firstcontainer with a composition contained therein, wherein the compositioncomprises an inhibitor of the invention; and (b) a second container witha composition contained therein, wherein the composition comprises afurther cytotoxic or otherwise therapeutic agent. The article ofmanufacture in this embodiment of the invention may further comprise apackage insert indicating that the compositions can be used to treat aparticular condition. Alternatively, or additionally, the article ofmanufacture may further comprise a second (or third) containercomprising a pharmaceutically-acceptable buffer, such as bacteriostaticwater for injection (BWFI), phosphate-buffered saline, Ringer's solutionor dextrose solution. It may further include other materials desirablefrom a commercial and user standpoint, including other buffers,diluents, filters, needles, and syringes.

III. EXAMPLES

The following are examples of methods and compositions of the invention.It is understood that various other embodiments may be practiced, giventhe general description provided above.

Example 1 Materials and Methods

DUB cDNA Overexpression Screen:

To identify regulators of mitophagy, individual cDNAs from a FLAG-taggedDUB library were cotransfected into HeLa cells with GFP-Parkin usingLipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) (1:3 DUB-FLAG: GFP-Parkin cDNA ratio).After 24 hours of expression, cells were treated with 10 μM CCCP for 24hours, and fixed and stained using anti-Tom20 (Santa CruzBiotechnology), anti-GFP (Ayes Labs) and anti-FLAG (Sigma) primaryantibodies. Following staining with secondary antibodies, images ofrandom fields were acquired with a Leica SP5 Laser Scanning ConfocalMicroscope using a 40×/1.25 oil-objective (0.34 μm/pixel resolution, 1μm confocal z-step size). Percent of GFP-Parkin and FLAG-DUBcotransfected cells containing Tom20 staining was scored blindly.

Hippocampal Culture, Transfection and Mt-Keima Imaging:

Dissociated hippocampal neuron cultures were prepared as described(Seeburg et al., Neuron 58: 571-583 (2008)) and transfected usingLipofectamine LTX PLUS at DIV 8-10. Constructs were expressed for 1-3days for overexpression experiments and 3-4 days for knockdownexperiments. mt-Keima-transfected neurons were imaged with a Leica TCSSP5 Laser Scanning Confocal microscope with a 40×/1.25 oil objective(0.07 μm/pixel resolution, 1 μm confocal z-step size). Cells were keptin a humidified chamber maintained at 37° C./5% CO₂ during imaging. Twoimages were acquired using a hybrid detector in sequential mode with 458nm (neutral pH signal) and 543 nm (acidic pH signal) laser excitation,and emission fluorescence collected between 630-710 nm. All imagequantification was performed by custom-written macros in ImageJ. Formt-Keima quantification, cell bodies were manually outlined and totalarea of high ratio (543 nm/458 nm) lysosomal signal was divided by thetotal area of somatic mitochondrial signal (mitophagy index).

Mass Spectrometry

To determine Parkin substrates, HEK-293 GFP-Parkin inducible cells weretreated with doxycycline for 24 hours, and then treated with 5 μM CCCPor DMSO vehicle control for 2 hours. To determine USP30 substrates,HEK-293T cells were transfected with human USP30 shRNA usingLipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) for 6 days, then treated as before. Inboth experiments, cells were lysed (20 mM HEPES pH 8.0, 8M urea, 1 mMsodium orthovanadate, 2.5 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 1 mMβ-glycerophosphate), sonicated, and cleared by centrifugation prior toproteolytic digestion and immunoaffinity enrichment of peptides bearingthe ubiquitin remnant, and mass spectrometry analysis.

Preparation of Cellular Lysates and Immunoprecipitation

For total lysate experiments, transfected HEK-293 cells were lysed at 24hours post-transfection in SDS sample buffer (Invitrogen) containingsample reducing agent (Invitrogen). For immunoprecipitation experiments,cells were lysed at 24 hours (overexpression experiments) or 6 days(knockdown experiments) post-transfection in TBS buffer containing 0.5%SDS, and lysates were diluted with a buffer containing 1% Triton-X-100and protease and phosphatase inhibitors. Ubiquitinated proteins wereimmunoprecipated from lysates of HA-ubiquitin transfected cells withanti-HA affinity matrix beads (Roche Applied Science). Inputs andprecipitates were resolved by SDS-PAGE and analyzed by immunoblotting.

Statistical Analysis

Error bars indicate standard error of the mean (S.E.M.), To compute pvalues, non-paired Student's t-test, One-way ANOVA with Dunnett'sMultiple Comparison test (for comparisons to a single condition) orBonferroni's Multiple Comparison test (for comparisons between multipleconditions), and Two-way ANOVA were used, as indicated in figurelegends. All statistical analysis was performed in GraphPad Prism v.5software.

DNA Construction

For the DUB overexpression screen, a FLAG-tagged DUB library consistingof 100 cDNAs was used. For transfection, the following constructs weresubcloned into β-actin promoter-based pCAGGS plasmid: USP30-FLAG (rat),USP30-FLAG (human), GFP-Parkin (human), FLAG-Parkin (human), PINK1-GFP(human), myc-Parkin (human), RHOT1 (MIRO)-myc-FLAG (human), TOM20-myc(human), HA-ubiquitin, PSD-95-FLAG, and mt-mKeima (Katayama et al.,Chemistry & Biology 18: 1042-1094 (2011)). Point mutations weregenerated using QuikChange II XL (Agilent Technologies) for thefollowing constructs: USP30-C77S-FLAG (rat), USP30-C77A-FLAG (rat),USP30-C77S-FLAG (human), GFP-Parkin K161N (human), and GFP-Parkin G430D(human). Mito-tagGFP2 (Evrogen), Tom20-3KR-myc, and HA-ubiquitin mutants(Blue Heron) were purchased. β-Gal (Seeburg and Sheng, J. Neurosci. 28:6583-6591 (2008)) and mito-ro-GFP (Dooley et al., J. Biol. Chem. 279:22284-22293 (2004)) expression plasmids were previously described.Short-hairpin sequences targeting the following regions were cloned intopSuper or pSuper-GFP-neo plasmids: rat PINK1 #1 (TCAGGAGATCCAGGCAATT),rat PINK1 #2 (CCAGTACCTTGAAGAGCAA), rat Parkin #1 (GGAAGTGGTTGCTAAGCGA),rat Parkin #2 (GAGGAAAAGTCACGAAACA), rat USP30 (CCAGAGCCCTGTTCGGTTT),human USP30 (CCAGAGTCCTGTTCGATTT), and firefly luciferase(CGTACGCGGAATACTTCGA).

Antibodies and Reagents:

The following antibodies were used for immunocytochemistry: rabbitanti-TOM20, mouse anti-TOM20, goat anti-HSP60 (Santa CruzBiotechnology); mouse anti-FLAG, rabbit anti-FLAG, mouse anti-myc(Sigma-Aldrich); and chicken anti-GFP (Ayes Labs).

The following antibodies were used for immunoblotting: rabbitanti-TOM20, goat anti-HSP60 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology); mouse anti-MFN1,HRP-conjugated anti-FLAG, mouse anti-myc, rabbit anti-USP30, rabbitanti-RHOT1 (MIRO), rabbit anti-TIMM8A (Sigma-Aldrich); rabbit anti-GFP,chicken anti-GFP (Invitrogen); HRP-conjugated anti-GAPDH, HRP-conjugatedanti-α-actin, HRP-conjugated anti-β-tubulin, rabbit anti-VDAC (CellSignaling Technology); rabbit anti-TOM70 (Proteintech Group);anti-ubiquitin (FK2) (Enzo Life Sciences); mouse anti-LAMP1 (StressGen);HRP-conjugated anti-HA (Roche); and anti-USP30 rabbit (generated byimmunizing rabbits with purified human USP30 amino acids 65-517).

For immunoprecipitation experiments anti-FLAG M2 affinity gel beads(Sigma) and anti-HA affinity matrix beads (Roche Applied Science) wereused.

Adeno-associated virus type2 (AAV2) particles expressing Parkin, PINK1and USP30 shRNAs were produced by Vector Biolabs, Inc. frompAAV-BASIC-CAGeGFP-WPRE vector containing the H1 promoter and shRNAexpression cassette of the pSuper vectors.

The following reagents were purchased as indicated: blasticidin S,zeocin, Lipofectamine 2000, Lipofectamine LTX PLUS, LysoTracker GreenDND-626 (Invitrogen); PhosSTOP phosphatase inhibitor tablets, cOmpleteEDTA-free protease inhibitor tablets, DNase I (Roche Applied Science);carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), doxycycline, dimethylsulfoxide, ammonium chloride, rotenone, DTT, aldrithiol, paraquatdichloride (Sigma-Aldrich); N-Ethylmaleimide (Thermo Scientific); andhygromycin (Clontech Laboratories).

Transfection and Immunocytochemistry:

All heterologous cells were transfected with Lipofectamine 2000 for cDNAexpression and Lipofectamine RNAiMAX for siRNA knockdown experiments,according to manufacturer's instructions (Invitrogen). siRNAs werepurchased from Dharmacon as siGenome pools (non-Silencing pool #2 wasused control siRNA transfection). Hippocampal cultures were prepared asdescribed previously (Seeburg et al., Neuron 58: 571-583 (2008)) andtransfected with Lipofectamine LTX PLUS (Invitrogen) with 1.8 μg DNA,1.8 μl PLUS reagent and 6.3 μl LTX reagent. Following drug treatments,cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde/4% sucrose inphosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.4) (Electron Microscopy Sciences).Following permeabilization (0.1% Triton-X in PBS), blocking (2% BSA inPBS) and primary antibody incubation, antibodies were visualized usingAlexa dye-conjugated secondary antibodies (Invitrogen). Allimmunocytochemistry images were acquired with a Leica SP5 laser scanningmicroscope with a 40×/1.25 oil objective (0.34 μm/pixel resolution, 1 μmconfocal z-step size).

HEK293 and SH-SY5Y Stable Cell Line Generation

Stably transfected HEK cell lines expressing GFP-Parkin (human)wild-type, K161N, and G430D were generated by co-transfecting FLP-In 293cells with a pOG44 Flp-recombinase expression vector (Invitrogen) and apcDNA5-FRT vector (Invitrogen) expressing the corresponding constructsunder a CMV promoter. Cell lines were selected and maintained using 50μg/mL hygromycin selection. Inducible HEK stable cell line expressingGFP-Parkin (human) was generated by co-transfecting FLP-In T-Rex 293cells with pOG44 and a pcDNA5-FRT-TO vector (Invitrogen) expressingGFP-Parkin (human). The line was selected and maintained using 50 μg/mLhygromycin and 15 μg/mL blasticidin. SH-SY5Y stable cells were generatedsimilarly with a Flp-In inducible parental cell line using pcDNA5-FRT-TOand maintained under 75 μg/ml hygromycin and 3 μg/ml blasticidin.

Isolation and Identification of Ubiquitin Modifications by MassSpectrometry

To identify Parkin substrates, HEK 293T cells stably expressinginducible GFP-Parkin (human) were induced using doxycycline (1 μg/mL)for 24 hours, then treated with 5 μM CCCP or DMSO vehicle control for 2hours. To determine USP30 substrates, HEK 293T cells were transfectedwith human USP30 shRNA using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) for 6 days,then treated as above.

Immunoaffinity isolation and mass spectrometry methods were used toenrich and identify K-GG peptides from digested protein lysates aspreviously described (Xu et al., Nat. Biotech., 28: 868-873 (2010); Kimet al., Mol. Cell, 44: 325-340 (2011)). Cell lysates were prepared inlysis buffer (8M urea 20 mM HEPES pH 8.0 with 1 mM sodium orthovanadate,2.5 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 1 mM B-glycerophosphate) by briefsonication on ice. Protein samples (60 mg) were reduced at 60° C. for 20min in 4.1 mM DTT, cooled 10 min on ice, and alkylated with 9.1 mMiodoacetamide for 15 min at room temperature in the dark. Samples werediluted 4X using 20 mM HEPES pH 8.0 and digested in 10 μg/ml trypsinovernight at room temperature. Following digestion, TFA was added to afinal concentration of 1% to acidify the peptides prior to desalting ona Sep-Pak C18 cartridge (Waters). Peptides were eluted from thecartridge in 40% ACN/0.1% TFA, flash frozen and lyophilized for 48 hr.Dry peptides were gently resuspended in 1.4 ml 1×IAP buffer (CellSignaling Technology) and cleared by centrifugation for 5 min at 1800×g.Precoupled anti-KGG beads (Cell Signaling Technology) were washed in1×IAP buffer prior to contacting the digested peptides.

Immunoaffinity enrichment was performed for 2 hours at 4° C. Beads werewashed 2X with IAP buffer and 4X with water prior to 2X elution ofpeptides in 0.15% TFA for 10 min each at room temperature.Immunoaffinity enriched peptides were desalted using STAGE-Tips aspreviously described (Rappsilber et al., Anal. Chem., 75: 663-670(2003)).

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was performedon an LTQ-Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometer operating in data dependenttop 15 mode. Peptides were injected onto a 0.1×100-mm Waters 1.7-umBEH-130 C18 column using a NanoAcquity UPLC and separated at 1 ul/minusing a two stage linear gradient where solvent B ramped first from 2%to 25% over 85 min and then 25% to 40% over 5 min. Peptides eluting fromthe column were ionized and introduced to the mass spectrometer using anADVANCE source (Michrom-Bruker). In each duty cycle, one full MS scancollected was at 60,000 resolution in the Orbitrap followed by up to 15MS/MS scans in the ion trap on monoisotopic, charge state definedprecursors (z>1). Ions selected for MS/MS (+20 ppm) were subjected todynamic exclusion for 30 sec duration.

Mass spectral data were converted to mzxml for loading into a relationaldatabase. MS/MS spectra were searched using Mascot against aconcatenated target-decoy database of tryptic peptides from humanproteins (Uniprot) and common contaminants. Precursor ion mass tolerancewas set to +50 ppm. Fixed modification of carbamidomethyl cysteine(+57.0214) and variable modifications of oxidized methionine (+15.9949)and K-GG (+114.0429) considered. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) wasused to filter peptide spectral matches (PSMs) from each run to 5% falsediscovery rate (FDR) at the peptide level, and subsequently to a 2%protein level FDR as an aggregate of all runs (<0.5% peptide level FDR).Localization scores were generated for each K-GG PSM using a modifiedversion of the AScore algorithm and positions of the modificationslocalized accordingly as the AScore sequence. (Beausoleil et al., Nat.Biotech. 24(10): 1285-1292 (2006)). Given work showing that trypsincannot cut adjacent to ubiquitin modified lysines PSMs where the AScoresequence reports a -GG modification on the C-terminal lysine are dubious(Bustos et al., Mol. Cell. Proteomics, published online Jun. 23, 2012,doi: 10.1074/mcp.R112.019117; Seyfried et al., Anal. Chem., 80:4161-4169 (2008)). Possible exceptions to this would be lysines at theC-termini of proteins (or in vivo truncation products), PSMs stemmingfrom in source fragmentation of a bona fide K-GG peptide. To establishthe most reliable dataset for downstream analysis, PSMs where the AScoresequence reports a C-terminal lysine were split into two groups: thosewith an available internal lysine residue to which the -GG could bealternatively localized, and those which lacked an available lysine.PSMs bearing a C-terminal K-GG but lacking an available lysine wereremoved from consideration in downstream analyses. For the remainingPSMs, the -GG modification was relocalized to the available lysineclosest to the C-terminus.

Confidently identified peptides with ambiguous localization (AScore<13)bearing only a single internal lysine residue were reported with themodification localized to that internal lysine. Peptides where themodification has been assigned to the C-terminal lysine with anAScore>13 were discarded based on evidence suggesting that trypsincannot cleave at a ubiquitin modified lysine residue.

A modified version of the VistaGrande algorithm, termed XQuant, wasemployed to interrogate the unlabeled peak areas for individual K-GGpeptides, guided by direct PSMs or accurate precursor ion and retentiontime matching (cross quantitation). For direct PSMs, quantification ofthe unlabeled peak area was performed as previously described usingfixed mass and retention tolerances (Bakalarski et al., J. ProteomeRes., 7: 4756-4765 (2008)). To enable cross quantitation within XQuant,retention time correlation across pairwise instrument analyses wasdetermined based on high-scoring peptide sequences identified by betweenone and four PSMs across all analyses within an experiment. Matchedretention time pairings were modeled using a linear least squaresregression model to yield the retention time correlation equation. Ininstrument analyses where a peptide was not identified by a discreteMS/MS, cross quantification was carried out by seeding the XQuantalgorithm with the calculated mass of the precursor ion and itspredicted retention time derived from the regression model. While them/z tolerance was fixed, the retention time tolerance was dynamicallyadjusted for each pairwise instrument run. In cases where peptides werenot confidently identified within a given instrument run but wereidentified in multiple other runs, multiple cross quantification eventswere performed to ensure data quality. XQuant results were filtered to aheuristic confidence score of 83 or greater, as previously described(Bakalarski et al., J. Proteome Res., 7: 4756-4765 (2008)). Full scanpeak area measurements arising from multiple quantification events ofthe same m/z within a single run were grouped together if their peakboundaries in retention time overlapped. From such a group, the peakwith the largest total peak area was chosen as its singlerepresentative.

To identify candidate substrates of Parkin and USP30, graphical analysisand mixed-effect modeling were applied to the XQuant data. Amixed-effect model was fit to the AUC data for each protein. “Treatment”(e.g. Control, Parkin overexpression/USP30 knockdown, CCCP, Combo) was acategorical fixed effect and “Peptide” was fit as random effect. Falsediscovery rates (FDR) are calculated based on the P-values of eachtreatment vs. Control. Fold-changes and P-values of mean AUC from Combovs. Control and Combo vs. CCCP were utilized in preparing plots.Mixed-effect model was fit in R by ‘nlme’ (Pinheiro et al., nlme: Linearand Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models. R package version 3, 1-101 (2011)).

Preparation of Cell Lysates, and Immunoprecipitation

For total lysate experiments, cells were lysed after 24 hours in SDSsample buffer (Invitrogen) containing sample reducing agent (Invitrogen)and boiled at 95° C. for 10 minutes. Total lysates were resolved bySDS-PAGE and analyzed by immunoblotting. For immunoprecipitationexperiments, cells were treated with 5 μM MG132 and the indicatedconcentrations and durations of CCCP at 24 hours (overexpressionexperiments) or 6 days (knockdown experiments) in 0.5% SDS inTris-Buffered Saline (10 mM TRIS, 150 mM NaCl, pH 8.0) and boiled at 70°C. for 10 minutes. Lysates were diluted in immunoprecipitation buffer(50 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 1% Triton-X, proteaseinhibitors (Roche Applied Science), phosphatase inhibitors (RocheApplied Science), DNAse I (Roche Applied Science), 2 mM N-Ethylmaleimide(Thermo Scientific), pH 7.4), cleared by centrifugation at 31,000 g for10 minutes, and incubated overnight with anti-HA affinity matrix beads(Roche Applied Science). Inputs and anti-HA immunoprecipitates wereresolved by SDS-PAGE and analyzed by immunoblotting.

Mitochondria Fractionation

Subcellular fractionation was performed using the FOCUS SubCell Kit (GBiosciences) from ˜P60 adult male rat forebrain.

Drosophila Stocks

The following Drosophila lines were obtained for analysis: y, w;Actin5C-GAL4/CyO, y+(Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, 4414),UAS-CG3016^(RNAi) (referred to here as UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi); NIG-Fly StockCenter, 3016R-2). For USP30 knockdown experiments, Actin5C-GAL4 andUAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) were recombined onto the same chromosome usingstandard genetic techniques.

Flies were raised on Nutri-Fly “German Food” Formulation (Genesee,66-115), prepared per manufacturer's instructions. All flies were raisedat 25° C. and crossed using standard genetic techniques. All experimentswere performed using age-matched male flies.

Quantitative RT-PCR

RNA and subsequent cDNA was obtained from single flies followingmanufacturer's instructions (Qiagen RNeasy Plus kit, Applied BiosystemsHigh Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription kit). Quantitative RT-PCR wasperformed using an Applied Biosystems ViiA7 Real-Time PCR system usingTaqMan Assays Dm01796115_g1 and Dm01796116_g1 (Drosophila CG3016(USP30)), Dm01795269_g1 (Drosophila CG5486 (USP47)), and Dm01840115_s1(Drosophila CG4603 (YOD1)). Dm02134593_g1 (RpII140) was used as acontrol.

Determination of Ingested Paraquat Concentration

1-day old adult males were fed a solution containing 5% sucrose only (inwater) or 5% sucrose+10 mM paraquat (in water) on saturated Whatmanpaper. After 48 hours of treatment, 15 flies were collected percondition and homogenized in 100 μL water. Standard curve samples weregenerated by spiking appropriate amounts of paraquat to homogenates fromuntreated flies. Then the samples were vortex mixed, 200 μl ofacetonitrile containing internal standard (Propranolol) was added. Thesamples were vortexed again and centrifuged at 10,000×g for 10 min.Supernatants were transferred to a new plate that contained 200 μl ofwater and analyzed by LC-MS/MS to quantify for concentrations ofparaquat. The LC-MS/MS consisted of an Agilent 1100 series HPLC system(Santa Clara, Calif.) and an HTS PAL autosampler from CTC Analytics(Carrboro, N.C.) coupled with a 4000 Q TRAP® MS and TurbolonSpray® ionsource from Applied Biosystems (Foster City, Calif.). HPLC separationwas performed on a Waters Atlantis dC18 column (3 μm 100×2.1 mm) with aKrud Katcher guard column from Phenomenex. Quantitation was carried outusing the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) with transition 185.1→165.1for paraquat and 260.2→183.1 for propranolol. The lower and upper limitof the assay is 10 μM and 1000 μM, respectively. The quatitation of theassay employed a calibration curve which was constructed throughplotting the analyte/IS peak area ration versus the nominalconcentration of paraquat with a weighed 1/x² linear regression.

Transmission Electron Microscopy of Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscles

Adult male thoraxes were isolated from the remainder of the body, thenlongitudinally hemi-sectioned and immediately fixed and processed aspreviously described (Greene et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100:4078-4083 (2003)).

Climbing Assays

Climbing assays were performed using the following Drosophila lines: y,w; Actin5C-GAL4/CyO, y+(Actin only); y, w; UAS-CG3016-RNAi/CyO, y+(RNAionly); y, w; UAS-CG3016^(RNAi) Actin5C-GAL4/CyO, y+(USP30 knockdown).

1-day old adult males were fed a solution containing 5% sucrose only (inwater) or 5% sucrose+10 mM paraquat (in water) on saturated Whatmanpaper. After 48 hours of treatment, flies were anesthetized using carbondioxide and transferred in groups of ten to vials containing only 1%agarose for a 1-hour recovery period from the effects of carbon dioxide.The flies were then transferred into a new glass tube, gently tapped tothe bottom and scored for their ability to climb. The number of fliesclimbing vertically >15 cm in 30 seconds was recorded.

Survival Assays

Ten adult 1-day old males per vial were fed a solution containing 5%sucrose only (in water) or 5% sucrose+10 mM paraquat (in water) onsaturated Whatman paper. The number of live flies was counted atdescribed intervals.

MultiTox Cell Death Assay

SH-SY5Y cells transfected with control or USP30 siRNAs are treated withrotenone in normal growth medium (DMEM/F12 and 1× GlutaMax) containing1% Fetal Bovine Serum. Following 24 hours of incubation, Multi-Tox Fluorassay (Promega) is used to measure cell viability according tomanufacturer's instructions. GF-AFC fluorescence is normalized tobis-AAF-R110 fluorescence for each condition and presented as a fractionof control (control RNAi+DMSO).

Example 2 USP30 Antagonizes Parkin-Mediated Clearance of DamagedMitochondria

To identify DUBs that regulate mitochondria clearance, a FLAG-taggedhuman DUB cDNA library (97 DUBs) was screened in an establishedmitochondrial degradation assay (Narendra et al., J. Cell Biol., 183:795-803 (2008)). In this assay, mitochondria depolarization induced byprotonophore carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP, 20 μM, 24hours) results in marked loss of mitochondria in cultured cellsoverexpressing Parkin (as measured by staining for mitochondria outermembrane protein marker Tom20). CCCP treatment led to a robustdisappearance of Tom20 staining in the great majority of cellstransfected with GFP-Parkin (>80% of Parkin-transfected cells lackedTom20 staining after CCCP—FIG. 1A). Individual FLAG-tagged DUB cDNAswere cotransfected with GFP-Parkin, and their effects on CCCP-inducedmitochondrial (Tom20) clearance were measured. Out of the library of˜100 different DUBs, 2 DUBs, USP30 and DUBA2, robustly blocked the lossof Tom20 staining in CCCP-treated GFP-Parkin-transfected cells, whereasothers had little effect (FIG. 1A—% of cells with Tom20 staining:control (β-Gal): 15.3%, USP30: 97.4%, DUBA2: 94.7%, UCH-L1: 36%, USP15:23.3%, ATXN3: 8.3%; other negative DUBs not shown). USP30 rather thanDUBA2 was selected for further study since USP30 has been reported to belocalized in the mitochondrial outer membrane with its enzymatic domainputatively facing the cytoplasm (Nakamura and Hirose, Mol. Biol. Cell,19: 1903-1914 (2008)); thus it would be in the right subcellularcompartment to counteract the action of Parkin on mitochondria. Thespecific mitochondrial association of USP30 was confirmed byimmuno-colocalization of transfected USP30-FLAG and of endogenous USP30with mitochondrial markers in neurons (FIG. 2A, B), as well as bycofractionation of USP30 with purified mitochondria from rat brain (FIG.2C).

The ability of USP30 overexpression to prevent CCCP-induced mitophagywas also shown in a different cell line (dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells)transfected with myc-Parkin (FIG. 1B). To confirm that the effects ofUSP30 were not specific to Tom20, whether USP30 overexpression alsoprevented the CCCP-induced loss of the mitochondrial matrix proteinHSP60 was tested. Indeed, USP30 overexpression also prevented theCCCP-induced loss of HSP60, implying USP30 blocks en masse degradationof the organelle (FIG. 1B-D). In contrast, expression of ancatalytically-inactive USP30 C77S mutant (Nakamura and Hirose, Mol.Biol. Cell, 19: 1903-1914 (2008)) was ineffective at preventingParkin-mediated mitochondria degradation, supporting the idea that USP30counteracts mitophagy through deubiquitination of mitochondrialsubstrates (FIG. 1B-D).

Since USP30 enzymatic activity was necessary for blocking mitophagy,whether USP30 and Parkin have opposing effects on mitochondriaubiquitination was examined. As reported previously, short-term CCCPtreatment (20 μM, 4 hours) caused Parkin redistribution to mitochondria(marked by Tom20) and led to accumulation of ubiquitination signal onmitochondria (measured by staining with polyubiquitin antibody FK2, FIG.2D; (Lee et al., J. Cell Biol., 189: 671-680 (2010)). When USP30 wasco-expressed with Parkin, the amount of ubiquitin signal accumulated onmitochondria was reduced by ˜75% —an effect that also required USP30enzymatic activity (FIGS. 2D, E). These data support the idea that USP30functions as a DUB that opposes the ubiquitin ligase action of Parkin onmitochondrial proteins, thereby inhibiting mitophagy.

Previous studies indicated that Parkin pathogenic mutants defective inligase activity cannot support mitochondrial degradation in response toCCCP, leading to clustering of uncleared mitochondria in the perinuclearregion in association with translocated Parkin (Geisler et al., Nat.Cell Biol., 12: 119-131 (2010); Lee et al., J. Cell Biol., 189: 671-680(2010)). Remarkably, in cells co-transfected with USP30 plus Parkin andtreated with CCCP, wild-type myc-Parkin behaved similarly to mutantParkin in that it remained associated with the perinuclear clusters ofnon-degraded mitochondria (FIG. 1B (white arrow), E). Co-expression ofUSP30 did not alter Parkin expression level (FIGS. 2F, G). These dataindicate that USP30 blocks mitophagy by enzymatic removal of ubiquitinsignal on damaged mitochondria, rather than by inhibiting thetranslocation of Parkin to mitochondria.

Example 3 Pink1, Parkin Required for Mitophagy in Neurons

To measure mitophagy in neurons, mt-Keima, a ratiometric pH-sensitivefluorescent protein that is targeted into the mitochondrial matrix, wasmonitored. A low ratio mt-Keima-derived fluorescence (543 nm/458 nm)reports neutral environment whereas a high ratio fluorescence reportsacidic pH (Katayama et al., Chemistry & Biology 18: 1042-1094 (2011)).Thus mt-Keima enables differential imaging of mitochondria in thecytoplasm and mitochondria in acidic lysosomes. Because mt-Keima isresistant to lysosomal proteases, it allows for measurement ofcumulative lysosomal delivery of mitochondria over time.

Following transfection in rat dissociated hippocampal cultures, mt-Keimasignal accumulated initially in elongated structures characteristic ofmitochondria and with low 543/458 ratio values (shown in green—FIG. 3A).After 2-3 days of expression, multiple round mt-Keima structures withhigh ratio (acidic) signal also appeared throughout the cell body (shownin red—FIG. 3A). These round mt-Keima-positive structures most likelyrepresent lysosomes since (1) neutralizing cells with NH4Cl completelyreversed the high ratio (543/458) pixels to low ratio signalspecifically in these round structures without affecting thetubular-reticular mitochondrial signal (FIG. 4A); (2) an independentlysosomal marker dye (lysotracker green DND-26) stained high ratiomt-Keima structures, though there were also many Lysotracker-positivestructures that were not associated with mt-Keima (FIG. 4B); (3) inpost-hoc immunostaining experiments, high ratio pixels colocalized withendogenous lysosomal protein LAMP-1 (FIG. 4C). Since almost all of the“acidic” mt-Keima signal was found in neuronal cell bodies (cell bodycontained 95.6±2.2% of the total high ratio (543/458) signal), the ratioof the area of lysosomal (red) signal/mitochondrial (green) signalwithin the cell body was used as a measure of lysosomal delivery ofmitochondria in neurons (“mitophagy index”) (Katayama et al., Chemistry& Biology 18: 1042-1094 (2011)). As quantified by this mitophagy index,the abundance of mt-Keima in lysosomes increased over a time course ofdays (FIG. 4D), implying active mitophagy in cultured neurons underbasal conditions.

In heterologous cells, Parkin overexpression can drive mitochondrialdegradation upon mitochondria depolarization; however, it is not yetestablished whether endogenous Parkin and PINK1 are required formitophagy in non-neural or neural cells (Youle and Narendra, Nat. Rev.Mol. Cell Biol. 12: 9-14 (2011)). To examine the role of thePINK1/Parkin pathway in neuronal mitophagy, Parkin or PINK1 was knockeddown using small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) expressed from pSuper-basedvectors. These Parkin and PINK1 shRNAs efficiently knocked down thecDNA-driven expression of their respective targets in heterologous cells(FIGS. 4E, F), and suppressed the protein levels of endogenous Parkin orPINK1 in neuronal cultures by ˜80% and ˜90%, respectively (FIGS. 4G, H).Compared to control luciferase shRNA, neurons transfected with ParkinshRNAs (two independent sequences) showed ˜50% reduction in themitophagy index, indicative of decreased mitochondria delivery tolysosomes (FIGS. 3B, C). PINK1 shRNAs were even more effective inreducing the acidic mt-Keima signal (˜80-90% reduction in mitophagyindex (FIGS. 3D, E)). Previous genetic studies placed PINK1 upstream ofParkin in maintaining healthy mitochondria (Clark et al., Nature, 441:1162-1166 (2006); Park et al. Nature, 441: 1157-1161 (2006)). Consistentwith the genetic epistasis, our mt-Keima experiments showed that PINK1overexpression strongly enhanced mitophagy in neurons, an effect thatwas completely eliminated by Parkin knockdown (FIGS. 3F, G). On theother hand, Parkin overexpression by itself had no apparent effect onbasal mitophagy, as measured by the mt-Keima assay (FIGS. 4I, J). Thus,neuronal mitophagy requires both PINK1 and Parkin, with PINK1—apparentlylimiting—acting upstream of Parkin.

Example 4 USP30 Antagonizes Mitophagy in Neurons

Next, whether USP30 suppresses mitophagy in neurons as in heterologouscells was investigated. Compared with control neurons transfected withβ-Gal and mt-Keima, co-expression of wild-type USP30 caused a ˜60%reduction in mitophagy index at 3 days, indicating that USP30 inhibitslysosomal delivery of mitochondria in neurons (FIGS. 5A, E). Incontrast, overexpression of enzymatically-inactive USP30 (C77S or C77A)induced a robust increase in mitophagy signal (FIGS. 5A, E). Theenhanced delivery of mitochondria to lysosomes likely reflects adominant-negative action of catalytically-inactive USP30, presumably byinteracting with substrates or pro-mitophagy ubiquitin chains, andsequestering them from endogenous USP30 (Berlin et al., J. Biol. Chem.,285: 34909-34921 (2010); Bomberger et al., J. Biol. Chem., 284:18778-18789 (2009); Ogawa et al., J. Biol. Chem., 286: 41455-41465(2011)).

To test the function of endogenous USP30, USP30 was knocked down usingshRNAs. In heterologous cells, rat USP30 shRNA plasmid specificallyeliminated the expression of transfected rat USP30 cDNA (FIG. 5B). Thesame rat USP30 shRNA led to a ˜85% reduction in endogenous USP30 inneuronal cultures (FIG. 5C). In neurons, USP30 knockdown increased thelysosomal delivery of mt-Keima (˜60% increase in mitophagy index),relative to negative control luciferase shRNA (FIGS. 5D, F).Co-transfection of shRNA-resistant human USP30 cDNA “rescued” thiseffect, i.e. it restored the brake on mitochondrial degradation,indicating that USP30 shRNA was not exerting a non-specific effect(FIGS. 5B, D, F). In fact, neurons co-transfected with human USP30 cDNAplus rat USP30 shRNA showed lower levels of lysosomal accumulation ofmt-Keima than controls, similar to neurons overexpressing wild-typeUSP30 by itself (FIGS. 5D, F). Moreover, enzymatically-inactive humanUSP30 (C77S) failed to reverse the enhanced mitophagy induced by USP30shRNA, and actually enhanced mitophagic activity even more than USP30shRNA (FIGS. 5D, F), the latter result suggesting that USP30 knockdownis incomplete. These results provide strong evidence that endogenousUSP30 restrains mitophagy in neurons through its DUB activity.

Example 5 USP30 Deubiquitinates Multiple Mitochondrial Proteins

Since Parkin and USP30 antagonistically regulate mitochondrialdegradation, it was hypothesized that this E3 ligase and DUB act on somecommon substrates. To identify Parkin and USP30 substrates, globalubiquitination in cells was analyzed by mass spectrometry (MS) followingimmunoaffinity enrichment of ubiquitinated peptides fromtrypsin-digested extracts using the ubiquitin branch-specific (K-GG)antibodies. Global ubiquitination was analyzed and quantified by MS inHEK-293 cells in two different sets of conditions: 1) inducible Parkinoverexpression, or 2) USP30 knockdown (USP30 knockdown efficiency was85±5% (see FIG. 7C)). In each set, cells were treated with CCCP (5 μM, 2hours) or vehicle control (DMSO). In aggregate, MS analysisrevealed >15,000 unique ubiquitination sites on ˜3200 proteins of whicha subset responded to either CCCP alone (endogenous Parkin and USP30levels) or Parkin overexpression/USP30 knockdown (see Appendix A for alist of the ˜3200 proteins). MS identified 233 and 335 proteins whoseubiquitination increased by parkin overexpression or USP30 knockdown,respectively (i.e. exhibited significantly more ubiquitination in‘parkin overexpression+CCCP’ or ‘USP30 knockdown+CCCP’ vs. CCCP-alone.41 of these proteins were regulated by both Parkin overexpression andUSP30 knockdown (FIG. 13). Twelve of these 41 proteins are mitochondrialor associated with mitochondria (Tom20, MIRO1, FKBP8, PTH2, MUL1, MAT2B,TOM70, PRDX3, IDE, and all three VDAC isoforms—based on Human MitoCartadatabase). Others included nuclear import proteins (e.g. IP05),demethylases (e.g. KDM3B), and components of the ubiquitin/proteasomesystem (e.g., PSD13, UBP13) (FIG. 13).

We focused additional studies on two mitochondrial proteins—Tom20 andMIRO—that showed large increases in ubiquitination with USP30 knockdown(USP30 shRNA+CCCP/CCCP ubiquitination ratio for Tom20=3.52, p=0.005; forMIRO=2.95, p=0.019; see FIG. 13, left). Tom20 and MIRO also showed largemagnitude and highly significant increases in ubiquitination with Parkinoverexpression (FIG. 13, right). To confirm that USP30 candeubiquitinate these proteins, cell lines stably overexpressingGFP-Parkin were transfected with HA-ubiquitin and immunoprecipitated(IP) ubiquitinated proteins using anti-HA antibodies. Followingmitochondrial depolarization (CCCP, 5 μM, 2 hours), GFP-Parkin stablecells showed robust enhanced ubiquitination of endogenous MIRO, asmeasured by immunoblotting for MIRO in the anti-HA-immunoprecipitates(FIG. 7A). In control transfections without HA-ubiquitin, anti-HA-beadsdid not immunoprecipitate MIRO, indicating the specificity of MIROubiquitination signal (FIG. 7A, left lanes). Compared to β-Gal control,cotransfection of wildtype USP30, but not DUB-dead USP30-C77S, decreasedthe amount of ubiquitininated MIRO by ˜85% (FIGS. 7A, B). Similarly,wildtype USP30 overexpression reduced the ubiquitination of Tom20 (FIG.7A); whereas USP30-C77S actually increased basal Tom20 ubiquitination˜2-fold (without CCCP), and CCCP-induced ubiquitination ˜8-fold,consistent with a dominant-negative mechanism (FIGS. 7A, C). CCCP didnot induce detectable Tom20 or MIRO ubiquitination in the parentalHEK-293 cell line (lacking GFP-Parkin) (FIG. 6A). In this cell line,however, overexpression of USP30-C77S was still able to enhance basalTom20 ubiquitination and USP30 to suppress it (FIG. 6A). Taken together,our data indicate that MIRO and Tom20 are substrates of USP30 and thatUSP30 can counteract Parkin-mediated ubiquitination of both MIRO andTom20 following mitochondria damage.

It was found that a subset of the shared substrates were regulated byUSP30 even under basal conditions (exemplified by Tom20, discussedabove). MUL1, ASNS and FKBP8—but not MIRO—were substrates that behavedsimilarly to Tom20; i.e. they also exhibited a basal increase inubiquitination with USP30 knockdown in the absence of CCCP. Thus, USP30basally deubiquitinates this set of proteins, possibly counterbalancingagainst a mitochondrial E3 ligase that is active in the absence of CCCPand that acts on Tom20 but not MIRO. On the other hand, proteins such asTOM70, MAT2B and PTH2 behaved similarly to MIRO in that they exhibitedenhanced ubiquitination with USP30 knockdown only following CCCP,suggesting that USP30 engages in deubiquitination of these proteins onlyafter Parkin is recruited to mitochondria. Parkin, following recruitmentto damaged mitochondria, may target both Tom20 and MIRO types of USP30substrates, shifting the balance towards their polyubiquitination.

Using the same experimental system (cells overexpressing GFP-Parkin andHA-ubiquitin), the function of endogenous USP30 was tested by shRNAsuppression. USP30 knockdown did not affect basal ubiquitination of MIRO(in the absence of CCCP-induced mitochondria damage). Aftermitochondrial depolarization (CCCP 5 μM, 2 hours), however, andconsistent with the MS experiments, USP30 knockdown increased the levelof ubiquitinated MIRO ˜2.5-fold, as measured in HA-ubiquitinimmunoprecipitates (FIGS. 7D, E). Notably, USP30 knockdown increasedboth basal and CCCP-induced Tom20 ubiquitination, similar toenzymatically-inactive USP30 (FIGS. 7D, F). The increase in MIRO andTom20 ubiquitination caused by USP30 shRNA was prevented by expressionof the rat USP30 cDNA that is insensitive to human USP30 shRNA,indicating the specificity of the RNAi effect (FIG. 6B). Thus, thesebiochemical data corroborate the MS findings that endogenous USP30 actsas a brake on ubiquitination of both Tom20 and MIRO.

Parkin has previously been shown to assemble K27-, K48- and K63-typepolyubiquitin chains on various mitochondrial substrates (Geisler etal., Nat. Cell Biol., 12: 119-131 (2010)). To examine the polyubiquitinchain topology on Tom20 and Miro, we repeated the ubiquitination assayswith HA-ubiquitin mutants where all seven lysine residues wereindividually replaced with arginine (single K-to-R mutants), or withmutants where a single lysine was left intact and all other six lysineswere replaced with arginine. We compared the amount of CCCP-inducedTom20 and Miro ubiquitination afforded by these ubiquitin mutants towild-type ubiquitin. Among all “single K-to-R mutants”, only the K27Rmutation blocked the CCCP-induced ubiquitination of Tom20, whereas theother K-to-R mutants (K6R, K11R, K29R, K33R, K48R, K63R) supportednormal Tom20 ubiquitination (FIGS. 6C, D). Conversely, normal Tom20ubiquitination was only supported by ubiquitin with K27 intact (allother lysines mutated), whereas all other single lysine mutants (K6,K11, K29, K33, K48, K63) had impaired Tom20 ubiquitination (FIGS. 6E,F). Thus, K27 on ubiquitin is both necessary and sufficient for buildingpolyubiquitin chains on Tom20, suggesting the primary polyubiquitintopology on Tom20 is K27-type chains. Similar to Tom20, Miro alsorequired K27 (and not the other lysines on ubiquitin) for its normalubiquitination (FIGS. 6C, D). Although the ubiquitin mutant thatcontains only K27 supported Miro ubiquitination the best, significantlyless ubiquitin was attached on Miro as compared to wild-type ubiquitin(˜65% of wild-type ubiquitin), suggesting that Miro accumulates otherchain-types in addition to K27 (FIGS. 6E, F). Our data are consistentwith Parkin's ability to assembly K27-linked chains on other substrates(Geisler et al., Nat. Cell Biol., 12: 119-131 (2010)).

Beyond ubiquitination, does USP30 regulate protein turnover in additionto ubiquitination? Published evidence suggests that Parkin mediates thedegradation of multiple mitochondrial outer membrane proteins (Chan etal., Human Mol. Genet., 20: 1726-1737 (2011)). Consistent with this, allof the several outer membrane proteins examined (MIRO, MFN-1, TOM70,VDAC, Tom20) showed significant drop in protein level during the 6 hoursof CCCP treatment (5 μM) of GFP-Parkin stable cell lines (FIGS. 6G, H).Tom20 levels were also reduced but to a lesser extent than MIRO andother outer membrane proteins (10+/−1% decrease with CCCP at t=6 h,p<0.01) (FIGS. 6G, H). In contrast to the outer membrane proteins,mitochondrial matrix protein HSP60 and inner membrane protein TIMM8Awere unchanged by CCCP within this time frame. Overexpression of USP30in GFP-Parkin stable cells greatly attenuated or abolished theCCCP-induced depletion of MIRO and Tom20 (FIGS. 6G, H). Stabilization byUSP30 overexpression appeared to be relatively specific for MIRO andTom20, since CCCP-induced degradation of other mitochondria membraneproteins (MFN-1, TOM70, VDAC) was unaffected (FIGS. 6G, H). Unlikewildtype USP30, the inactive C77A- or C77S-USP30 mutants did not inhibitdegradation of MIRO or Tom20 induced by CCCP, implying requirement forDUB activity (FIGS. 6G, H). These data indicate USP30 can specificallycounteract degradation of MIRO and Tom20 without affecting the turnoverof other mitochondrial proteins.

Since MIRO and Tom20 degradation accompanies mitophagy (FIGS. 6G, H and(Chan et al., Human Mol. Genet., 20: 1726-1737 (2011)) and USP30knockdown enhances mitophagy (FIGS. 5C, E) and ubiquitination of MIROand Tom20 (FIG. 7), it was speculated that the depletion of theseproteins might trigger mitophagy. In this model, overexpression of theseproteins would block mitophagy induced by USP30-knockdown. Instead, itwas found that overexpression of MIRO or Tom20 in neurons—even bythemselves—led to a robust increase in mitophagy in the mt-Keima assay(FIGS. 8B, C, D, E), an effect similar to USP30 knockdown. It wastherefore hypothesized that it is the ubiquitination of MIRO and Tom20that serves as the signal for mitophagy (rather than their degradation,which occurs secondary to ubiquitination), and that overexpression ofMIRO and Tom20 promotes mitophagy by increasing the pool of thesesubstrates available for ubiquitination.

MS analysis of ubiquitinated peptides derived from Tom20 identified 3lysine residues (K56, K61 and K68) whose ubiquitination increased uponCCCP or USP30 knockdown, and that increased even further in response tothe combination of CCCP treatment+USP30 knockdown (FIG. 9). To confirmubiquitination on these particular sites, the three lysine residues inTom20 were mutated to arginine (“3KR-Tom20” (K56R, K61R, K68R mutant)).In GFP-Parkin overexpressing cells, myc-tagged wildtype Tom20 exhibitedan increase in ubiquitination with coexpression ofenzymatically-inactive USP30-C77S (FIG. 8A), similar to endogenous Tom20(FIGS. 7A, C). In contrast, 3KR-Tom20 showed less basal ubiquitinationthan wild-type Tom20 and additionally it was unaffected by the dominantnegative USP30-C77S (FIG. 8A), indicating that these three lysineresidues are the major USP30 target residues on Tom20.

In the mt-Keima assay in neurons, overexpression of wild-type Tom20enhanced mitophagy, whereas the 3KR-Tom20 mutant failed to do so (FIGS.8B, D); thus Tom20 is sufficient to drive mitophagy, but this abilitydepends on its ubiquitination. Moreover, 3KR-Tom20 blocked the increasein mitophagy induced by USP30-C77S (FIGS. 8B, D), implying that theincreased mitophagic flux caused by dominant-negative USP30 requiresTom20 ubiquitination. Alternatively, overexpressed 3KR-Tom20 may be ableto oppose USP30-C77S-induced mitophagy by physically associating withUSP30 in a non-catalytic manner.

Mass spectrometry identified nine lysine-ubiquitination sites on MIROregulated by USP30 and Parkin, some of which are known to be requiredfor normal MIRO function (e.g. K427 required for GTPase activity(Fransson et al., Bioch. Biophys. Res. Comm., 344: 500-510 (2006)).Thus, instead of a pursuing a combinatorial mutagenesis, the effect ofUSP30 on MIRO's ability to induce mitophagy was studied since USP30knockdown increases MIRO ubiquitination (FIGS. 7D, E). Consistent withthe idea that MIRO ubiquitination drives mitophagy, USP30 knockdownfurther enhanced mitophagy beyond what was observed following MIROoverexpression alone (FIGS. 8C, E). Taken together, these data indicatethat ubiquitination of MIRO or Tom20 can drive mitophagy in neurons, andthat inhibition of mitophagy by USP30 can be explained at least in partby deubiquitination of these proteins.

Example 6 USP30 Knockdown Rescues Mitophagy Defect Associated with PDMutations

If mitochondrial degradation defects associated with PD-linked mutationsof Parkin are due to impaired ubiquitination of damaged mitochondria,and USP30 indeed functions as a biochemical and functional antagonist ofParkin, then inhibiting USP30 should restore mitochondria ubiquitinationand degradation. To test this hypothesis, we focused on PD-linked Parkinpathogenic mutants, such as G430D and K161N, that display attenuatedligase activity (Sriram et al., Human Mol. Genet., 14: 2571-2586 (2005))with accompanying defects in mitophagy (Geisler et al., Nat. Cell Biol.,12: 119-131 (2010); Lee et al., J. Cell Biol., 189: 671-680 (2010)) werestudied (e.g. G430D and K161N).

In SH-SY5Y cells transfected with pathogenic mutant GFP-Parkin-G430D andtreated with CCCP, mitochondria fail to be cleared and form perinuclearclusters in association with the defective Parkin protein (FIG. 10A,first column). The same cells doubly transfected with Parkin-G430D andUSP30 siRNA, which led to knockdown of USP30 protein by ˜60% (FIG. 11A),showed a 60% decrease in mitochondria (as measured by total Tom20fluorescence) compared to cells transfected with Parkin-G430D andcontrol siRNA (FIG. 10A, quantified in B). This result shows that siRNAknockdown of USP30 protein level can largely rescue mitophagy in theface of defective Parkin. Mitochondria degradation was not rescued byknockdown of other DUBs (USP6, USP14) (FIG. 11B-D). Re-introduction ofan RNAi-resistant wildtype USP30 (rat USP30 cDNA), but not the inactiverat USP30-C77S mutant, prevented the rescue of mitochondrial degradationby USP30 siRNA (FIGS. 10A, B). Rescue of mitochondrial degradation wascorrelated with loss of perinuclear clusters of mutant G430D Parkin(usually associated with mitochondria) and appearance of smallerdispersed Parkin-containing puncta throughout the cytoplasm (FIGS. 10A,C; see also FIGS. 11B, C). In CCCP-treated GFP-Parkin-G430D expressingcells, USP30 knockdown not only led to loss of Tom20 immunoreactivitybut also decreased staining for matrix protein HSP60 suggesting thatUSP30 suppression restored degradation of the whole mitochondrion (FIGS.11E, G). The mitochondrial degradation defect associated with anotherPD-associated Parkin mutant (K161N) was similarly rescued with USP30siRNA knockdown (FIGS. 11F, H). In neurons, reduced mitophagy associatedwith Parkin knockdown (as measured in the mt-Keima assay) was alsorescued with dominant-negative USP30-C77A (FIGS. 10D, E). Thus,suppressing the expression or activity of USP30 allows cells to overcomedefective Parkin or Parkin knockdown and restore the clearance ofdamaged mitochondria.

While not intending to be bound by any particular theory, since Parkinligase activity marks mitochondria through ubiquitination, some residualligase activity present in Parkin mutants may be needed in order forUSP30 knockdown to rescue mitophagy. It is currently unknown whetherUSP30 knockdown would be effective with complete loss of Parkinactivity. It is possible, however that there are other E3s that haveoverlapping substrates or that can compensate for lack of Parkin.

Example 7 USP30 is a Parkin Substrate

Since Parkin has broad activity towards outer mitochondrial membraneproteins, we wondered whether Parkin ubiquitinates USP30, which alsoresides at this mitochondrial compartment. Supporting this possibility,we identified USP30-derived ubiquitinated peptides in proteomicsexperiments in GFP-Parkin expressing cells treated with CCCP (foldchange in ubiquitination of USP30 in ‘GFP-Parkin+CCCP’ over‘DMSO’=27.23, p<0.001). To confirm USP30 ubiquitination by Parkin, werepeated the ubiquitination assay in cells overexpressing GFP-Parkin andHA-ubiquitin, and found GFP-Parkin induced ubiquitination of endogenousUSP30 following CCCP treatment (20 μM, 2 hours, FIGS. 9C, D). Theubiquitination sites of USP30 (K235 and K289) identified by massspectrometry were not required for its ubiquitination suggesting otherlysine residues in USP30 can accept ubiquitin (data not shown). CCCPtreatment (20 μM) also induced a significant drop in USP30 levels inGFP-Parkin expressing cells (FIGS. 9E, F). Importantly, Parkin withpathogenic mutations G430D or K161N were not able to ubiquitinate (FIGS.9C, D) or degrade USP30 (FIG. 9E-F). These data indicate that Parkinubiquitinates and degrades USP30, thus removing the brake on mitophagy.

Example 8 USP30 Knockdown Decreases Oxidative Stress and ProvidesProtection In Vivo

Whether USP30 knockdown provides functional benefit to mitochondria andcells was examined next. ROS—which largely derive from mitochondria—isassociated with neurodegenerative disorders and mitochondria dysfunctionmay contribute to increased oxidative stress in PD (Lee et al., Biochem.J., 441: 523-540 (2012)). To measure oxidative stress in mitochondria,mitochondria matrix-targeted ro-GFP (mito-roGFP), a redox-sensitivefluorescent protein that allows quantitative ratiometric imaging ofmitochondrial redox potential was used (Dooley et al., J. Biol. Chem.279: 22284-22293 (2004)). Following measurement of ratiometricmito-roGFP signal in individual cells, the dynamic range of the probewas calibrated by treating cultures sequentially with DTT (1 mM) tofully reduce the probe and aldrithiol (100 μM) to fully oxidize theprobe (Guzman et al., Nature, 468: 696-700 (2010). Ratios of mito-roGFPmeasured after DTT and aldrithiol were set to 0 and 1, respectively, tocalibrate the relative oxidation index. In control cells transfectedwith control luciferase shRNA, neurons had a mean relative oxidationindex of ˜0.6 (FIGS. 17A, B). USP30 knockdown dropped the relativeoxidation index to ˜0.4, suggesting that suppression of USP30 proteinled to a reduction in mitochondrial oxidative stress.

To test whether knocking down USP30 would provide protection understress conditions in vivo, we used Drosophila, which has emerged as aneffective model system for studying PD molecular pathogenesis (Guo, ColdSpring Harb. Perspect. Med. 2(11) pii: a009944 (2012)). To knock downfly USP30 (CG3016, hereafter called dUSP30), we employed the GAL4/UASsystem (Brand et al., Development, 118: 401-415 (1993)). We crossed anActin-GAL4 driver line with a UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) transgenic line, whichallows expression of dUSP30 RNAi under the control of the Actin promoter(this Actin-GAL4>dUSP30^(RNAi) line is referred to as ‘dUSP30 knockdown’line). Activation of UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) by Actin-GAL4 led to a ˜90%reduction of dUSP30 mRNA by quantitative RT-PCR, compared to controlparental lines containing only Actin-GAL4 or only UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi)(FIG. 17C). To test the protective effects of dUSP30 knockdown, wecrossed the ‘dUSP30 knockdown’ line with parkin mutant flies (park²⁵)(Greene et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100: 4078-4083 (2003)).Flies lacking parkin show severe defects in mitochondrial morphology intheir indirect flight muscles (IFMs), with mitochondria that aremalformed with sparse, disorganized cristae, giving rise to a “pale”appearance of mitochondria under EM (FIG. 12A, and Greene et al., Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100: 4078-4083 (2003)). In contrast, wild-typeflies have many dark-staining mitochondria evenly packed with cristae(FIG. 12A). To determine the effect of USP30 inhibition onParkin-deficient mitochondria, we crossed parkin mutants to dUSP30knockdown flies. In the “parkin mutant; dUSP30 knockdown” flies, most ofthe IFM mitochondria were electron-dense and contained numerous cristae,although “pale” mitochondria with fragmented cristae were alsooccasionally found (FIG. 12A). Quantification of the percent area ofmitochondria containing disorganized cristae over total mitochondriaarea revealed a strong improvement in mitochondrial integrity withdUSP30 knockdown (FIG. 12B—˜90% in parkin mutants versus ˜25% in “parkinmutant; dUSP30 knockdown”). “Parkin mutant; dUSP30 knockdown” flies alsohad less damaged mitochondria per muscle area (FIG. 12C). Thus,suppressing dUSP30 expression is able to largely restore morphologicalmitochondrial integrity in vivo in parkin-deficient Drosophila.

To examine the effect of suppressing USP30 in neurons that are relevantto PD, we used dopamine decarboxylase (Ddc)-GAL439 to drivedUSP30^(RNAi) specifically in aminergic neurons of the fly nervoussystem. As a model of mitochondrial damage and PD, we treated flies withparaquat, a mitochondrial toxin linked to PD (Castello et al., J. Biol.Chem., 282: 14186-14193 (2007); Cocheme et al., J. Biol. Chem., 283:1786-1798 (2008); Tanner et al., Environmental Health Perspect., 119:866-872 (2011)). Following treatment with paraquat (10 mM, 48 hours),both the Ddc-GAL4 and UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) control fly lines showed reducedability to climb up beyond 15 cm (FIG. 12D). This climbing defect wasfully rescued by additional treatment with L-DOPA (FIG. 17D), showingthat this behavioral deficit is likely due to depletion of dopamine.Consistently, in control fly lines (Ddc-GAL4 or UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi)transgenics alone), paraquat treatment (10 mM, 48 hours) caused a 30-60%reduction in dopamine levels in fly heads without altering serotoninneurotransmitter levels (indicating specific toxicity of paraquat on thedopaminergic system in this model—FIG. 12F and FIG. 17E). Similar toL-DOPA, dUSP30 knockdown in Ddc-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) flies alsocompletely rescued the paraquat-induced climbing impairment (FIG. 12D),indicating that complete protection against paraquat toxicity in thisbehavioral test can be afforded by suppression of USP30 specifically inaminergic neurons. A similar complete protection was also observed withwhole body knockdown of USP30 in Actin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) flies(FIG. 12E). Strikingly, USP30 knockdown in Ddc neurons(Ddc-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) flies) also prevented the paraquat-induceddopamine depletion (FIG. 12F). Since USP30 knockdown rescued bothdepletion of dopamine and motor impairment, these results show thatsuppression of USP30 can benefit dopaminergic neurons and the organismin both neurochemical and functional terms.

To test whether USP30 knockdown has an effect on organism survival, wemonitored the percentage of live flies over prolonged treatment withparaquat (10 mM, 96 hours). Flies expressing dUSP30 RNAi survivedsignificantly longer than controls (FIG. 12G). Only <15% of fliestreated with paraquat were alive in Actin-GAL4 and UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi)control groups at 96 hours whereas ˜45% of flies were alive in theActin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi) (‘whole body dUSP30 knockdown’) group (FIG.12G). We confirmed that the benefit of USP30 knockdown was not due todifferences in exposure to paraquat since all three fly lines ingestedroughly equal amounts of paraquat as measured by LC-MS/MS (average massof paraquat per fly: UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi): 3.2 μg, Actin-GAL4: 2.7 μg,Actin-GAL4>UAS-dUSP30^(RNAi): 2.7 μg). Knockdown of other DUBs in flies(dUSP47 (CG5486) or dYOD1 (CG4603)) did not provide benefit in thesurvival assay; if anything, they exacerbated the rate of death inresponse to paraquat (FIG. 17F-H) Furthermore, introduction of a humanUSP30 cDNA into flies expressing dUSP30^(RNAi) reversed the survivalbenefit provided by dUSP30^(RNAi) (FIG. 171), demonstrating thespecificity of the RNAi effect. Remarkably, USP30 knockdown specificallyin Ddc neurons was sufficient to provide significant survival benefit,albeit less than the whole body USP30 knockdown (FIG. 12H). This resultimplies that a significant portion of the organismal benefit of USP30suppression is mediated in dopaminergic neurons, and it furtherreinforces the idea that USP30 plays a critical role in dopaminergicneuron dysfunction.

Example 9 Discussion

Better understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms in PD would be helpfulfor rational design of disease-modifying therapies for thisneurodegenerative disease. Impaired activity of oxidativephosphorylation enzymes (Schapira et al., Lancet, 1: 1269 (1989)),elevated levels of oxidative stress markers (Lee et al., Biochem. J.,441: 523-540 (2012)) and mtDNA mutations (Bender et al., Nature Genet.,38: 515-517 (2006); Kraytsberg et al., Nature Genet., 38: 518-520(2006)) in PD suggest accumulation of defective mitochondria (Zheng etal., Science Transl. Med., 2: 52ra73 (2010)). PINK1/Parkin geneticsfurther implicate aberrant mitochondrial biology and point to impairedmitochondrial quality control as a causative factor in the etiology ofPD (Youle et al., J. Biol. Chem., 12: 9-23 (2011)). Uncleared damagedmitochondria can be a source of toxicity and “pollute” the mitochondrialnetwork through fusion with healthy mitochondria (Tanaka et al., J.Cell. Biol., 191: 1367-1380 (2010)).

We have identified USP30, a DUB localized to mitochondria, as a negativeregulator of mitophagy. USP30, through its deubiquitinase activity,opposes Parkin-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of mitochondrialproteins and reverses the marking of damaged mitochondria for mitophagy.Knockdown inhibition of USP30 accelerated mitophagy, and it restoredCCCP-induced mitochondrial degradation in cells expressing PD-associatedmutants of Parkin. USP30 knockdown improves mitochondrial integrity inparkin mutant flies, confirming that Parkin and USP30 have opposingactions on mitochondrial quality in vivo. USP30 knockdown also conferredmotor behavior and survival benefits in wildtype flies treated withparaquat, further supporting the idea that USP30 inhibition mightameliorate the effects of mitochondrial damage.

Parkin, USP30 and Mitochondrial Quality Control

Although Parkin and PINK1 are identified as key players in mitophagy, adetailed mechanistic understanding of the mitophagy pathway, especiallyin mammalian cells, is lacking. The fact that basal mitophagy in neuronsdepends on Parkin and PINK1 (FIG. 3) suggests that these proteinsactively monitor normally occurring mitochondrial damage. Mitochondriafission—which appears to be required for Parkin-mediated mitophagy(Tanaka et al., J. Cell. Biol., 191: 1367-1380 (2010))—may contribute tobasal mitochondrial turnover by eliciting a transient drop in membranepotential in one of the two daughter mitochondria (Twig et al., EMBO J.,27: 433-446 (2008)). This transient drop in membrane potential createsan opportunity for PINK1 accumulation and Parkin recruitment, leading toeventual mitophagy if membrane potential is not quickly re-established.Thus under basal conditions, USP30 knockdown may accelerate mitophagy byfavoring Parkin-mediated ubiquitination during the fission-associateddrops in mitochondrial membrane potential. As damaged mitochondria aremore likely to accumulate Parkin, it is expected that suppression ofUSP30 function will preferentially clear unhealthy mitochondria.

Since Parkin ligase activity marks mitochondria through ubiquitination,some residual ligase activity present in Parkin mutants is presumablyrequired in order for USP30 knockdown to rescue mitophagy. It would beexpected that with complete loss of Parkin activity, USP30 knockdownwould be ineffective at rescuing clearance unless other E3 ligases haveoverlapping substrates and can compensate for lack of Parkin. The rescueof mitochondrial integrity with USP30 knockdown in parkin mutant flies,even though a large portion of parkin gene is missing, supports thelatter possibility.

As part of normal turnover, the cleared mitochondria presumably need tobe replaced through mitochondrial biogenesis. In culture cell lines,mitochondrial damage increases overall mitochondrial mass (Narendra etal., PLoS Biology, 8: e1000298 (2010)). In this context it isinteresting to note that Parkin can also boost mitochondrial biogenesisby degrading negative transcriptional regulators (Shin et al., Cell 144:689-702 (2011)). Further studies are required to determine whether USP30also regulates the biogenesis pathway and whether mitophagy induced byUSP30 inhibition is accompanied by new mitochondria production.

USP30 Versus Parkin on Common Substrates

Global ubiquitination site mapping experiments identified multiplesubstrates whose ubiquitination is affected by both Parkinoverexpression and USP30 knockdown. Amongst these shared presumptivesubstrates, we confirmed that Miro and Tom20 have ubiquitination levelsthat are antagonistically regulated by Parkin and USP30, i.e. GFP-Parkinoverexpression or USP30 knockdown increased ubiquitination induced byCCCP treatment. Interestingly, a subset of these shared substrates,exemplified by Tom20, was regulated by USP30 even under basalconditions. Mull, Asns and Fkbp8—but not Miro—were mitochondrialsubstrates that behaved similarly to Tom20, exhibiting a basal increasein ubiquitination with USP30 knockdown in the absence of CCCP. Thus,USP30 basally deubiquitinates this set of proteins, presumably bycounterbalancing against a mitochondrial E3 ligase that is active in theabsence of CCCP and that acts on Tom20 but not Miro. Following CCCP,USP30 also counteracts Parkin dependent ubiquitination of this set ofsubstrates. On the other hand, proteins such as Tom70, Mat2b and Pth2,behaved similarly to Miro in that they exhibited enhanced ubiquitinationwith USP30 knockdown only following CCCP. This observation suggests thatthese set of proteins undergo low levels of basal ubiquitination in theabsence of recruited Parkin (i.e. Parkin is their major E3 ligase), orthat USP30 is inactive toward those proteins under basal conditions.Mitochondrial depolarization regulates Parkin's E3 ligase activity(Matsuda et al., J. Cell Biol., 189: 211-221 (2010)) possibly viaPINK1-mediated phosphorylation (Kondapalli et al., Open Biology, 2:120080 (2012); but see Vives-Bauza et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,107: 378-383 (2010)); it remains to be studied whether the activity ofUSP30—which is constitutively localized on mitochondria—is alsoregulated by mitochondrial damage.

Global ubiquitination analysis also revealed a series ofnon-mitochondrial proteins whose ubiquitination was inversely regulatedby Parkin and USP30 (including nuclear proteins, metabolic enzymes andcomponents of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)). This suggests thatthe antagonistic functional relationship between Parkin and USP30 mayextend beyond mitochondria. These non-mitochondrial “substrates” may beindirectly regulated by Parkin and USP30, or may have subpopulations onmitochondria, but have not formally been assigned as havingmitochondrial localization due to the strict filtering criteria employedby computational tools (Pagliarini et al., Cell, 134: 112-123 (2008)).MS also identified some proteins that showed enhanced ubiquitinationwith CCCP (under endogenous Parkin and USP30 levels) with no furtherincrease in ubiquitination upon Parkin overexpression or USP30 knockdown(e.g. Ssbp, ZO1, Rab10, Vamp1), suggesting engagement of alternative UPSpathways following mitochondrial depolarization. It is appropriate tonote that in some cases, elevated levels of ubiquitinated species canderive from increases in the level of the total protein substrateitself.

Interestingly, Parkin also ubiquitinates and degrades USP30, andpathogenic Parkin mutations blocked this ability to downregulate USP30.Failure to remove a negative regulator of mitophagy may exacerbate theinefficient ubiquitination associated with these Parkin mutants, andcould also partly explain the rescue of mitophagy by USP30 knockdown.

Parkin, USP30 and Neurodegeneration

PD-linked mutations in Parkin may lead to decreased catalytic activity,enhanced aggregation and/or reduced expression (Hampe et al., Human Mol.Genet., 15: 2059-2075 (2006); Matsuda et al., J. Biol. Chem., 281:3204-3209 (2006); Wang et al., J. Neurochem., 93: 422-431 (2005);Winklhofer et al., J. Biol. Chem. 278: 47199-47208 (2003)). In sporadicPD, Parkin activity can be also inhibited due to cellular stress (Cortiet al., Physiol. Rev., 91: 1161-1218 (2011)). PD-linked PINK1 mutationsimpair translocation of Parkin to damaged mitochondria (Matsuda et al.,J. Cell Biol., 189: 211-221 (2010); Narendra et al., PLoS Biology, 8:e1000298 (2010); Vives-Bauza et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107:378-383 (2010)). Thus, reduced function of Parkin in mitochondrialquality control is likely more prevalent in PD than as represented byrare Parkin mutations, providing further support for a possible utilityof USP30 inhibition in idiopathic PD. Consistent with a benefit of USP30inhibition, knockdown of USP30 restores mitophagy in cells expressingPD-associated mutant Parkin and reduces oxidative stress in neurons. InDrosophila parkin mutants, knockdown of USP30 improves mitochondrialintegrity. Furthermore, USP30 knockdown provides a benefit in behaviorand survival assays against paraquat, an oxidative stressor linked tomitochondria (Castello et al., J. Biol. Chem., 282: 14186-14193 (2007);Cocheme et al., J. Biol. Chem., 283: 1786-1798 (2008)). Since paraquatis a mitochondrial poison epidemiologically linked to PD (Tanner et al.,Environmental Health Perspect., 119: 866-872 (2011)), our findingsprovide in vivo evidence that inhibition of USP30 might be helpful indiseases caused by mitochondrial damage and dysfunction.

In PD, mitochondrial dysfunction is not specific to substantia nigraneurons and is present systemically (Schapira et al, Parkinson's Dis.,2011: 159160 (2011)). Since USP30 expression seems to be widespread(Nakamura and Hirose, Mol. Biol. Cell, 19: 1903-1914 (2008)), USP30inhibition has the potential to provide wide benefit by promotingclearance of damaged mitochondria. In addition to neurons, long-livedmetabolically active cells such as cardiomyocytes also rely on anefficient mitochondrial quality control system (Gottlieb et al., Am. J.Physiol. Cell Physiol., 299: C203-210 (2010)). In this context, Parkinhas been shown to protect cardiac myocytes against ischemia/reperfusioninjury through activating mitophagy and clearing damaged mitochondria inresponse to ischemic stress (Huang et al., PLoS One, 6: e20975 (2011)).In inherited mitochondrial diseases, mtDNA mutations co-exist withwildtype mtDNA within the same cells, and mitochondrial dysfunction anddisease ensue only when the proportion of mutated mtDNAs is high(Bayona-Bafaluy et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102: 14392-14397(2005)). Interestingly, Parkin overexpression eliminates mitochondriawith deleterious mtDNA mutations and restores mitochondrial function,presumably by degrading mitochondria containing mutant mtDNA (Suen etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107: 11835-11840 (2010)). Thus, USP30inhibition has the potential to benefit diseases beyond PD by enhancingmitochondrial quality.

Example 10 Peptide Inhibitors of USP30

Two types of phage-displayed naïve peptide libraries, Linear-lib andCyclic-lib, were cycled through rounds of binding selections withbiotinylated USP30_cd (USP30 catalytic domain with C77A mutation) insolution as described previously (Stanger, et al., 2012, Nat. Chem.Bio., 7: 655-660). The selection identified peptide USP30_(—)3 andUSP30_(—)8, which had moderate spot ELISA signals (signal/noise ratiosof ˜5). USP_(—)30 and USP_(—)8 have the sequences:

USP30_3: PLYCFYDLTYGYLCFY; (SEQ ID NO: 1) USP30_8: VSRCYIFWNEMFCDVE.(SEQ ID NO: 2)

USP30_(—)3 and USP30_(—)8 were then assayed for inhibition of USP30 andalso inhibition of USP7, USP5, UCHL3, and USP2, to determine eachpeptide's specificity for USP30, as follows. USP30 peptide ligands at aconcentration range of 0-100 μM (for USP30_(—)3) and 0-500 μM (forUSP30_(—)8) were mixed with 250 nM ubiquitin-AMC (Boston Biochem.,Boston, Mass.; Cat. No. U-550). A panel of DUBs at 5.6, 2, 2, 5 and 0.05nM for USP30, USP7, USP2, USP5, and UCHL3, respectively, in PBS buffercontaining 0.05% Tween20, 0.1% BSA and 1 mM DTT for 30 minutes wereadded to the ubiquitin-AMC/USP30 peptide ligands mixture and the initialvelocity was immediately measured by monitoring fluorescence (excitationat 340 nm and emission at 465 nm) using SpectraMax®M5e (MolecularDevice, Sunnyvale, Calif.). The initial rates were calculated based onslopes of increasing fluorescence signal. The velocity was normalized tothe percentage of the rate when the peptide ligand concentration waszero, and the data was processed using KaleidaGraph by fitting to thefollowing equation:

$v = {v_{0} + \frac{v_{\max} - v_{0}}{1 + \left( \frac{I}{{IC}_{50}} \right)^{n}}}$

in which v is the percentage of maximum rate; I is the concentration ofinhibitor (USP30 peptide ligands); v₀ and v_(max) are minimum andmaximum percentage of the rate, respectively.

The results of that experiment are shown in FIG. 14. Peptide USP30_(—)3showed good specificity for USP30, with an IC50 of 8.0 μM. The IC50 ofpeptide USP30_(—)3 for USP5 was more than 6-fold higher, at 49.4 μM, andfor USP2 was more than 10-fold higher, at about 100 μM. The IC50 ofpeptide USP30_(—)3 for UCHL3 and USP2 was >200 μM.

Peptide USP30_(—)3 was selected for affinity maturation. To improve theaffinity, a soft randomized library was constructed using the USP30_(—)3sequence as the targeted parent, and panned against USP30_cd in solutionas described previously (Stanger, et al., 2012, Nat. Chem. Bio., 7:655-660). After four rounds of solution panning, 20 peptides wereidentified that bound to USP30 catalytic domain with stronger spot phageELISA signal than the parent USP30_(—)3, manifested by an improvement inthe signal/noise ratio of about 3-6 fold.

FIG. 15 shows a graph of residue probability by position in USP30_(—)3and the affinity matured peptides. The sequences for certain affinitymatured peptides are shown below the graph, along with the signal tonoise ratio (“S/N”), which is the ratio of the spot phage ELISA signal(“signal”) detected against biotinylated USP30 cd captured onNeutrAvidin-coated 384 well Maxisorb plates versus the ELISA signalagainst the NeutrAvidin-coated plate alone. FIG. 15 also shows thenumber of occurrences of each sequence in the selection (“n”), the totalnumber of clones (“Total”; 66), and the number of unique sequences(“Uniq”; 20). All of the affinity matured peptides shown had signal tonoise ratios of greater than 10 except for USP30_(—)3.27 and USP30_3.62.

Certain peptides were then tested for specificity for USP30 versus otherdeubiquitinating enzymes. Binding was tested by ELISA. FIG. 16 shows thesignal to noise ratio (“s/n ratio”) for binding of parent USP30_(—)3peptide and affinity matured peptides USP30_(—)3.2, USP30_(—)3.23,USP30_(—)3.65, and USP30_(—)3.88 to the catalytic domains of USP2, USP7,USP14, and USP30 (each with the active site cysteine mutated toalanine), and to the catalytic domains of UCHL1, UCHL3, and UCHL5. Forthe set of bar graphs for each peptide, the targets tested, from left toright, were USP2, USP7, USP14, USP30, UCHL1, UCHL3, and UCHL5.

Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail byway of illustration and example for purposes of clarity ofunderstanding, the descriptions and examples should not be construed aslimiting the scope of the invention. The disclosures of all patent andscientific literature cited herein are expressly incorporated in theirentirety by reference.

TABLE 4 Table of Sequences SEQ ID NO Description Sequence 26 HumanMLSSRAEAAM TAADRAIQRF LRTGAAVRYK VMKNWGVIGG IAAALAAGIY ubiquitin-VIWGPITERK KRRKGLVPGL VNLGNTCFMN SLLQGLSACP AFIRWLEEFT specificSQYSRDQKEP PSHQYLSLTL LHLLKALSCQ EVTDDEVLDA SCLLDVLRMY peptidase 30RWQISSFEEQ DAHELFHVIT SSLEDERDRQ PRVTHLFDVH SLEQQSEITP (USP30);KQITCRTRGS PHPTSNHWKS QHPFHGRLTS NMVCKHCEHQ SPVRFDTFDS SwissProtLSLSIPAATW GHPLTLDHCL HHFISSESVR DVVCDNCTKI EAKGTLNGEK Q70CQ3.1VEHQRTTFVK QLKLGKLPQC LCIHLQRLSW SSHGTPLKRH EHVQFNEFLMMDIYKYHLLG HKPSQHNPKL NKNPGPTLEL QDGPGAPTPV LNQPGAPKTQIFMNGACSPS LLPTLSAPMP FPLPVVPDYS SSTYLFRLMA VVVHHGDMHSGHFVTYRRSP PSARNPLSTS NQWLWVSDDT VRKASLQEVL SSSAYLLFYERVLSRMQHQS QECKSEE 27 HumanMVGRNSAIAA GVCGALFIGY CIYFDRKRRS DPNFKNRLRE RRKKQKLAKE mitochondrialRAGLSKLPDL KDAEAVQKFF LEEIQLGEEL LAQGEYEKGV DHLTNAIAVC import receptorGQPQQLLQVL QQTLPPPVFQ MLLTKLPTIS QRIVSAQSLA EDDVE subunit 20 homolog(Tom20); GenBank NP_055580.1 28 HumanMKKDVRILLV GEPRVGKTSL IMSLVSEEFP EEVPPRAEEI TIPADVTPER MIRO1;VPTHIVDYSE AEQSDEQLHQ EISQANVICI VYAVNNKHSI DKVTSRWIPL SwissProtINERTDKDSR LPLILVGNKS DLVEYSSMET ILPIMNQYTE IETCVECSAK Q8IXI2.2NLKNISELFY YAQKAVLHPT GPLYCPEEKE MKPACIKALT RIFKISDQDNDGTLNDAELN FFQRICFNTP LAPQALEDVK NVVRKHISDG VADSGLTLKGFLFLHTLFIQ RGRHETTWTV LRRFGYDDDL DLTPEYLFPL LKIPPDCTTELNHHAYLFLQ STFDKHDLDR DCALSPDELK DLFKVFPYIP WGPDVNNTVCTNERGWITYQ GFLSQWTLTT YLDVQRCLEY LGYLGYSILT EQESQASAVTVTRDKKIDLQ KKQTQRNVFR CNVIGVKNCG KSGVLQALLG RNLMRQKKIREDHKSYYAIN TVYVYGQEKY LLLHDISESE FLTEAEIICD VVCLVYDVSNPKSFEYCARI FKQHFMDSRI PCLIVAAKSD LHEVKQEYSI SPTDFCRKHKMPPPQAFTCN TADAPSKDIF VKLTTMAMYP HVTQADLKSS TFWLRASFGATVFAVLGFAM YKALLKQR 29 Human Parkin;MIVFVRFNSS HGFPVEVDSD TSIFQLKEVV AKRQGVPADQ LRVIFAGKEL GenBankRNDWTVQNCD LDQQSIVHIV QRPWRKGQEM NATGGDDPRN AAGGCEREPQ NP_004553.2SLTRVDLSSS VLPGDSVGLA VILHTDSRKD SPPAGSPAGR SIYNSFYVYCKGPCQRVQPG KLRVQCSTCR QATLTLTQGP SCWDDVLIPN RMSGECQSPHCPGTSAEFFF KCGAHPTSDK ETSVALHLIA TNSRNITCIT CTDVRSPVLVFQCNSRHVIC LDCFHLYCVT RLNDRQFVHD PQLGYSLPCV AGCPNSLIKELHHFRILGEE QYNRYQQYGA EECVLQMGGV LCPRPGCGAG LLPEPDQRKVTCEGGNGLGC GFAFCRECKE AYHEGECSAV FEASGTTTQA YRVDERAAEQARWEAASKET IKKTTKPCPR CHVPVEKNGG CMHMKCPQPQ CRLEWCWNCG CEWNRVCMGD HWFDV30 Human MAVRQALGRG LQLGRALLLR FTGKPGRAYG LGRPGPAAGC VRGERPGWAA PINK1;GPGAEPRRVG LGLPNRLRFF RQSVAGLAAR LQRQFVVRAW GCAGPCGRAV SwissProtFLAFGLGLGL IEEKQAESRR AVSACQEIQA IFTQKSKPGP DPLDTRRLQG Q9BXM7.1FRLEEYLIGQ SIGKGCSAAV YEATMPTLPQ NLEVTKSTGL LPGRGPGTSAPGEGQERAPG APAFPLAIKM MWNISAGSSS EAILNTMSQE LVPASRVALAGEYGAVTYRK SKRGPKQLAP HPNIIRVLRA FTSSVPLLPG ALVDYPDVLPSRLHPEGLGH GRTLFLVMKN YPCTLRQYLC VNTPSPRLAA MMLLQLLEGVDHLVQQGIAH RDLKSDNILV ELDPDGCPWL VIADFGCCLA DESIGLQLPFSSWYVDRGGN GCLMAPEVST ARPGPRAVID YSKADAWAVG AIAYEIFGLVNPFYGQGKAH LESRSYQEAQ LPALPESVPP DVRQLVRALL QREASKRPSARVAANVLHLS LWGEHILALK NLKLDKMVGW LLQQSAATLL ANRLTEKCCVETKMKMLFLA NLECETLCQA ALLLCSWRAA L 31 USP30TGCGGCCGCA GGTTCCGCTG TCTCGGGAAC CGTCGTATCC CTCGGTCCGG mRNA;CGGCGGCGGC GGCGGTAGCG GAGGAGACGG TTTCAGGCCT CCGGTGCGGC GenBankTGCAATGCTG AGCTCCCGGG CCGAGGCGGC GATGACCGCG GCCGACAGGG NM_032663.3CCATCCAGCG CTTCCTGCGG ACCGGGGCGG CCGTCAGATA TAAAGTCATGAAGAACTGGG GAGTTATAGG TGGAATTGCT GCTGCTCTTG CAGCAGGAATATATGTTATT TGGGGTCCCA TTACAGAAAG AAAGAAGCGT AGAAAAGGGCTTGTGCCTGG CCTTGTTAAT TTAGGGAACA CCTGCTTCAT GAACTCCCTGCTACAAGGCC TGTCTGCCTG TCCTGCTTTC ATCAGGTGGC TGGAAGAGTTCACCTCCCAG TACTCCAGGG ATCAGAAGGA GCCCCCCTCA CACCAGTATTTATCCTTAAC ACTCTTGCAC CTTCTGAAAG CCTTGTCCTG CCAAGAAGTTACTGATGATG AGGTCTTAGA TGCAAGCTGC TTGTTGGATG TCTTAAGAATGTACAGATGG CAGATCTCAT CATTTGAAGA ACAGGATGCT CACGAATTATTCCATGTCAT TACCTCGTCA TTGGAAGATG AGCGAGACCG CCAGCCTCGGGTCACACATT TGTTTGATGT GCATTCCCTG GAGCAGCAGT CAGAAATAACTCCCAAACAA ATTACCTGCC GCACAAGAGG GTCACCTCAC CCTACATCCAATCACTGGAA GTCTCAACAT CCTTTTCATG GAAGACTCAC TAGTAATATGGTCTGCAAAC ACTGTGAACA CCAGAGTCCT GTTCGATTTG ATACCTTTGATAGCCTTTCA CTAAGTATTC CAGCCGCCAC ATGGGGTCAC CCATTGACCCTGGACCACTG CCTTCACCAC TTCATCTCAT CAGAATCAGT GCGGGATGTTGTGTGTGACA ACTGTACAAA GATTGAAGCC AAGGGAACGT TGAACGGGGAAAAGGTGGAA CACCAGAGGA CCACTTTTGT TAAACAGTTA AAACTAGGGAAGCTCCCTCA GTGTCTCTGC ATCCACCTAC AGCGGCTGAG CTGGTCCAGCCACGGCACGC CTCTGAAGCG GCATGAGCAC GTGCAGTTCA ATGAGTTCCTGATGATGGAC ATTTACAAGT ACCACCTCCT TGGACATAAA CCTAGTCAACACAACCCTAA ACTGAACAAG AACCCAGGGC CTACACTGGA GCTGCAGGATGGGCCGGGAG CCCCCACACC AGTTCTGAAT CAGCCAGGGG CCCCCAAAACACAGATTTTT ATGAATGGCG CCTGCTCCCC ATCTTTATTG CCAACGCTGTCAGCGCCGAT GCCCTTCCCT CTCCCAGTTG TTCCCGACTA CAGCTCCTCCACATACCTCT TCCGGCTGAT GGCAGTTGTC GTCCACCATG GAGACATGCACTCTGGACAC TTTGTCACTT ACCGACGGTC CCCACCTTCT GCCAGGAACCCTCTCTCAAC TAGCAATCAG TGGCTGTGGG TCTCCGATGA CACTGTCCGCAAGGCCAGCC TGCAGGAGGT CCTGTCCTCC AGCGCCTACC TGCTGTTCTACGAGCGCGTC CTTTCCAGGA TGCAGCACCA GAGCCAGGAG TGCAAGTCTGAAGAATGACT GTGCCCTCCT GCAAGGCTAG AGCTGATGGC ACTGTCTGCACTGTCCAGGA AAAAAGTAAA ACTGTACTGT TGCGTGTGCA AGCGGCCCCACTAGAGCCTT CCAGCCTTCT GGTGTGTTCT AAGAGCAGGC TCCACCTGGGAGCCAGCCCC AGTTCACACC AAACCAGGCT CCCTGAACAG TCCTGTTCATGTGTGTAGGT GGTTCTGTTG TGTTAAGAAA GCATTCATTA TGTCCGGAGTGTCTTTTTAC TCATCTGATA CAGGTAATTA AAAGAACTCA GATTCTTGAAGCCACCGTTT TCATATTGTA ATGTTAGGTG TTCTCAGAGG GGAGGTACCTTTGTCTAATC AACGTTTCCA CTTAGATCTT TTATTTTTAA TAAGCAGGCCCATAAAAATT GTTGACAAGA ATTAATGAAA TTATTAAAGG CAACAATTTAGAAGAAAAAG TGCCTTTCAC TTTCGATTGC TTTTGTAGCA CGTCCATTGTGAAATATTCC TTCCAGGCTA CTCAAAGGAT AGCAAGAGAA CAGGTAAATGATGCCTAAAG AACACCTTCC TTTTTCTATG CCTTTTCTAA TCTTTCAATTCTTTCTATGG AGTAAAGGCT CATCTGCCAA ATCTGCCCCC TGGGGAAACTCTTTCACTAC TTTGTCAGTT ATAAGTGAAG AGCTTACTTG TTGCTTTTATCTTTTGTATA TTGGACTGAG ATGTAATTAC ACTGTATTAT AAAACTCTGTGAATAGCCAG AACTGAGCTG GATCTTTGCA ACACCTGATT CCTCTGCTCTGTGGAAAACT TTTTCTTACA CAAGGATCCA CTGTGGACGG TTACTTTCATCTGTTTATTT ATTGCCCATG CAGAGCTCTT AAGGTTTACA GGTGGGAGCTTGGGGCTGTA TAAAAAAATA ATCCCTGCCC TGAGTTGACA CCTGGCTTAGGAAGGAAGGG CTGACTATGG GGCTGCAGTC TCTCTGAACC TCAGTTTCCTCATTTGTGAA GTGAAGGGTT AGATTTGATG ACCACCAAAG TTCAGCCCTTTTCACGAAAA GGAGAAAGCA GCTTTTGACT TTTTAAAAAA CATATAACTACAGCTGGCAT CTAGTATTGT CATGTTGCTC TAGGTCCATA TTCTGAATTTATTCATTTCC AATAGCCTAA TACAAAAAGT ATATATTGAG CACTTTCTTCCCTTTTCAGG TAAGTCTCTG AATGCAGCCC AGGGCCAAAG GAATTTTGATGACACAGTAG TACCTATGTT TTAAGCTATA TTTTTAATTT AGAAAAATGGATACCAAATT CAAACCGACT CATCAGAGGT AAGATTTGGA ATCAGACCTTTCCAAAAGGT CATCTGAGGT AAGGCTAAGA CCGCACTTCC TCTGCTGGGGGTGAGCTGGC AGACACACCA AACAGTGCCT TGGCAGCAGC TCACAGTGCAGGAAGCCCAG GTGATCACTC TTCTGCTGGG CCCAGGCTGC ACCCTGAGGACTCAGTAACT CACTCTCAAC AGAATATTCT GTGCAGGCTC TCCAGGCTCTGGGCGTCAGG GTGCAAGGGG CAGCTTGAAC TGTACGGTCC GTCCTGCACTCACCCGATGC AGACCTTGAC TTTGATGTTG AAATGAACAC ACTTGTTTTACCCAAGTCTG GTGGAACAAA TGCCCAATCA TGTGACCTTA AAGTGTACTGCAAAGCTGTA GCTTTAAGTA ATTGCTGTTC TGCCACTGCT TACTCTGAAATCTACCATCA AAGAAAGATA GAGAAAAGGG GCTGAGCCTT GGAATATATGGTTATAAGCA GATCTTTCTT TGGTCAGAGA CCAGGGTTTG AGCCAAGGCTGTAAATGTGA ACAATAGCTG TGCAAAGCCT TTTAACCTGA CTTCTTCATTTTGTAAATTA TTATGCATTA AGTAGCAGCC CAATAATCTG ATTTCTAGTTTTATTTTCAA AGTAAGTAGC TTCTTTTGGG AAAAACCTAA GTTAAACTAGTAGTTTTGCC ATAATAACTG CTGATTTATG TATTTGCTAA AGGTACTTTTGTATCTGCTG TGTATTATAG CAATAAAATA ATCATTTTGT TAGAAAAAAA TCAAAAAAAA AAAAAA32 Human MUL1; MESGGRPSLC QFILLGTTSV VTAALYSVYR QKARVSQELK GAKKVHLGEDSwissProt LKSILSEAPG KCVPYAVIEG AVRSVKETLN SQFVENCKGV IQRLTLQEHKQ969V5.1 MVWNRTTHLW NDCSKIIHQR TNTVPFDLVP HEDGVDVAVR VLKPLDSVDLGLETVYEKFH PSIQSFTDVI GHYISGERPK GIQETEEMLK VGATLTGVGELVLDNNSVRL QPPKQGMQYY LSSQDFDSLL QRQESSVRLW KVLALVFGFATCATLFFILR KQYLQRQERL RLKQMQEEFQ EHEAQLLSRA KPEDRESLKSACVVCLSSFK SCVFLECGHV CSCTECYRAL PEPKKCPICR QAITRVIPLY NS 33 Human ASNS;MCGIWALFGS DDCLSVQCLS AMKIAHRGPD AFRFENVNGY TNCCFGFHRL GenBankAVVDPLFGMQ PIRVKKYPYL WLCYNGEIYN HKKMQQHFEF EYQTKVDGEI NP_899199.2ILHLYDKGGI EQTICMLDGV FAFVLLDTAN KKVFLGRDTY GVRPLFKAMTEDGFLAVCSE AKGLVTLKHS ATPFLKVEPF LPGHYEVLDL KPNGKVASVEMVKYHHCRDV PLHALYDNVE KLFPGFEIET VKNNLRILFN NAVKKRLMTDRRIGCLLSGG LDSSLVAATL LKQLKEAQVQ YPLQTFAIGM EDSPDLLAARKVADHIGSEH YEVLFNSEEG IQALDEVIFS LETYDITTVR ASVGMYLISKYIRKNTDSVV IFSGEGSDEL TQGYIYFHKA PSPEKAEEES ERLLRELYLFDVLRADRTTA AHGLELRVPF LDHRFSSYYL SLPPEMRIPK NGIEKHLLRETFEDSNLIPK EILWRPKEAF SDGITSVKNS WFKILQEYVE HQVDDAMMANAAQKFPFNTP KTKEGYYYRQ VFERHYPGRA DWLSHYWMPK WINATDPSAR TLTHYKSAVK A 34Human MASCAEPSEP SAPLPAGVPP LEDFEVLDGV EDAEGEEEEE EEEEEEDDLS FKBP8;ELPPLEDMGQ PPAEEAEQPG ALAREFLAAM EPEPAPAPAP EEWLDILGNG SwissProtLLRKKTLVPG PPGSSRPVKG QVVTVHLQTS LENGTRVQEE PELVFTLGDC Q14318.2DVIQALDLSV PLMDVGETAM VTADSKYCYG PQGRSPYIPP HAALCLEVTLKTAVDGPDLE MLTGQERVAL ANRKRECGNA HYQRADFVLA ANSYDLAIKAITSSAKVDMT FEEEAQLLQL KVKCLNNLAA SQLKLDHYRA ALRSCSLVLEHQPDNIKALF RKGKVLAQQG EYSEAIPILR AALKLEPSNK TIHAELSKLVKKHAAQRSTE TALYRKMLGN PSRLPAKCPG KGAWSIPWKW LFGATAVALG GVALSVVIAA RN 35Human MAASKPVEAA VVAAAVPSSG SGVGGGGTAG PGTGGLPRWQ LALAVGAPLL TOM70;LGAGAIYLWS RQQRRREARG RGDASGLKRN SERKTPEGRA SPAPGSGHPE SwissProtGPGAHLDMNS LDRAQAAKNK GNKYFKAGKY EQAIQCYTEA ISLCPTEKNV O94826.1DLSTFYQNRA AAFEQLQKWK EVAQDCTKAV ELNPKYVKAL FRRAKAHEKLDNKKECLEDV TAVCILEGFQ NQQSMLLADK VLKLLGKEKA KEKYKNREPLMPSPQFIKSY FSSFTDDIIS QPMLKGEKSD EDKDKEGEAL EVKENSGYLKAKQYMEEENY DKIISECSKE IDAEGKYMAE ALLLRATFYL LIGNANAAKPDLDKVISLKE ANVKLRANAL IKRGSMYMQQ QQPLLSTQDF NMAADIDPQNADVYHHRGQL KILLDQVEEA VADFDECIRL RPESALAQAQ KCFALYRQAYTGNNSSQIQA AMKGFEEVIK KFPRCAEGYA LYAQALTDQQ QFGKADEMYDKCIDLEPDNA TTYVHKGLLQ LQWKQDLDRG LELISKAIEI DNKCDFAYETMGTIEVQRGN MEKAIDMFNK AINLAKSEME MAHLYSLCDA AHAQTEVAKK YGLKPPTL 36 HumanMVGREKELSI HFVPGSCRLV EEEVNIPNRR VLVTGATGLL GRAVHKEFQQ MAT2B;NNWHAVGCGF RRARPKFEQV NLLDSNAVHH IIHDFQPHVI VHCAAERRPD SwissProtVVENQPDAAS QLNVDASGNL AKEAAAVGAF LIYISSDYVF DGTNPPYREE Q9NZL9.1DIPAPLNLYG KTKLDGEKAV LENNLGAAVL RIPILYGEVE KLEESAVTVMFDKVQFSNKS ANMDHWQQRF PTHVKDVATV CRQLAEKRML DPSIKGTFHWSGNEQMTKYE MACAIADAFN LPSSHLRPIT DSPVLGAQRP RNAQLDCSKLETLGIGQRTP FRIGIKESLW PFLIDKRWRQ TVFH 37 HumanMAAAVGRLLR ASVARHVSAI PWGISATAAL RPAACGRTSL TNLLCSGSSQ PRDX3;AKLFSTSSSC HAPAVTQHAP YFKGTAVVNG EFKDLSLDDF KGKYLVLFFY SwissProtPLDFTFVCPT EIVAFSDKAN EFHDVNCEVV AVSVDSHFSH LAWINTPRKN P30048.3GGLGHMNIAL LSDLTKQISR DYGVLLEGSG LALRGLFIID PNGVIKHLSVNDLPVGRSVE ETLRLVKAFQ YVETHGEVCP ANWTPDSPTI KPSPAASKEY FQKVNQ 38Human IDE; MRYRLAWLLH PALPSTFRSV LGARLPPPER LCGFQKKTYS KMNNPAIKRISwissProt GNHITKSPED KREYRGLELA NGIKVLLISD PTTDKSSAAL DVHIGSLSDPP14735.4 PNIAGLSHFC EHMLFLGTKK YPKENEYSQF LSEHAGSSNA FTSGEHTNYYFDVSHEHLEG ALDRFAQFFL CPLFDESCKD REVNAVDSEH EKNVMNDAWRLFQLEKATGN PKHPFSKFGT GNKYTLETRP NQEGIDVRQE LLKFHSAYYSSNLMAVCVLG RESLDDLTNL VVKLFSEVEN KNVPLPEFPE HPFQEEHLKQLYKIVPIKDI RNLYVTFPIP DLQKYYKSNP GHYLGHLIGH EGPGSLLSELKSKGWVNTLV GGQKEGARGF MFFIINVDLT EEGLLHVEDI ILHMFQYIQKLRAEGPQEWV FQECKDLNAV AFRFKDKERP RGYTSKIAGI LHYYPLEEVLTAEYLLEEFR PDLIEMVLDK LRPENVRVAI VSKSFEGKTD RTEEWYGTQYKQEAIPDEVI KKWQNADLNG KFKLPTKNEF IPTNFEILPL EKEATPYPALIKDTAMSKLW FKQDDKFFLP KACLNFEFFS PFAYVDPLHC NMAYLYLELLKDSLNEYAYA AELAGLSYDL QNTIYGMYLS VKGYNDKQPI LLKKIIEKMATFEIDEKRFE IIKEAYMRSL NNFRAEQPHQ HAMYYLRLLM TEVAWTKDELKEALDDVTLP RLKAFIPQLL SRLHIEALLH GNITKQAALG IMQMVEDTLIEHAHTKPLLP SQLVRYREVQ LPDRGWFVYQ QRNEVHNNCG IEIYYQTDMQSTSENMFLEL FCQIISEPCF NTLRTKEQLG YIVFSGPRRA NGIQGLRFIIQSEKPPHYLE SRVEAFLITM EKSIEDMTEE AFQKHIQALA IRRLDKPKKLSAECAKYWGE IISQQYNFDR DNTEVAYLKT LTKEDIIKFY KEMLAVDAPRRHKVSVHVLA REMDSCPVVG EFPCQNDINL SQAPALPQPE VIQNMTEFKRGLPLFPLVKP HINFMAAKL 39 HumanMAVPPTYADL GKSARDVFTK GYGFGLIKLD LKTKSENGLE FTSSGSANTE VDAC1;TTKVTGSLET KYRWTEYGLT FTEKWNTDNT LGTEITVEDQ LARGLKLTFD SwissProtSSFSPNTGKK NAKIKTGYKR EHINLGCDMD FDIAGPSIRG ALVLGYEGWL P21796.2AGYQMNFETA KSRVTQSNFA VGYKTDEFQL HTNVNDGTEF GGSIYQKVNKKLETAVNLAW TAGNSNTRFG IAAKYQIDPD ACFSAKVNNS SLIGLGYTQTLKPGIKLTLS ALLDGKNVNA GGHKLGLGLE FQA 44 HumanMATHGQTCAR PMCIPPSYAD LGKAARDIFN KGFGFGLVKL DVKTKSCSGV VDAC2;EFSTSGSSNT DTGKVTGTLE TKYKWCEYGL TFTEKWNTDN TLGTEIAIED SwissProtQICQGLKLTF DTTFSPNTGK KSGKIKSSYK RECINLGCDV DFDFAGPAIH P45880.2GSAVFGYEGW LAGYQMTFDS AKSKLTRNNF AVGYRTGDFQ LHTNVNDGTEFGGSIYQKVC EDLDTSVNLA WTSGTNCTRF GIAAKYQLDP TASISAKVNNSSLIGVGYTQ TLRPGVKLTL SALVDGKSIN AGGHKVGLAL ELEA 45 HumanMCNTPTYCDL GKAAKDVFNK GYGFGMVKID LKTKSCSGVE FSTSGHAYTD VDAC3;TGKASGNLET KYKVCNYGLT FTQKWNTDNT LGTEISWENK LAEGLKLTLD SwissProtTIFVPNTGKK SGKLKASYKR DCFSVGSNVD IDFSGPTIYG WAVLAFEGWL Q9Y277.1AGYQMSFDTA KSKLSQNNFA LGYKAADFQL HTHVNDGTEF GGSIYQKVNEKIETSINLAW TAGSNNTRFG IAAKYMLDCR TSLSAKVNNA SLIGLGYTQTLRPGVKLTLS ALIDGKNFSA GGHKVGLGFE LEA 40 Human IPO5;MAAAAAEQQQ FYLLLGNLLS PDNVVRKQAE ETYENIPGQS KITFLLQAIR SwissProtNTTAAEEARQ MAAVLLRRLL SSAFDEVYPA LPSDVQTAIK SELLMIIQME O00410.4TQSSMRKKVC DIAAELARNL IDEDGNNQWP EGLKFLFDSV SSQNVGLREAALHIFWNFPG IFGNQQQHYL DVIKRMLVQC MQDQEHPSIR TLSARATAAFILANEHNVAL FKHFADLLPG FLQAVNDSCY QNDDSVLKSL VEIADTVPKYLRPHLEATLQ LSLKLCGDTS LNNMQRQLAL EVIVTLSETA AAMLRKHTNIVAQTIPQMLA MMVDLEEDED WANADELEDD DFDSNAVAGE SALDRMACGLGGKLVLPMIK EHIMQMLQNP DWKYRHAGLM ALSAIGEGCH QQMEGILNEIVNFVLLFLQD PHPRVRYAAC NAVGQMATDF APGFQKKFHE KVIAALLQTMEDQGNQRVQA HAAAALINFT EDCPKSLLIP YLDNLVKHLH SIMVLKLQELIQKGTKLVLE QVVTSIASVA DTAEEKFVPY YDLFMPSLKH IVENAVQKELRLLRGKTIEC ISLIGLAVGK EKFMQDASDV MQLLLKTQTD FNDMEDDDPQISYMISAWAR MCKILGKEFQ QYLPVVMGPL MKTASIKPEV ALLDTQDMENMSDDDGWEFV NLGDQQSFGI KTAGLEEKST ACQMLVCYAK ELKEGFVEYTEQVVKLMVPL LKFYFHDGVR VAAAESMPLL LECARVRGPE YLTQMWHFMCDALIKAIGTE PDSDVLSEIM HSFAKCIEVM GDGCLNNEHF EELGGILKAKLEEHFKNQEL RQVKRQDEDY DEQVEESLQD EDDNDVYILT KVSDILHSIFSSYKEKVLPW FEQLLPLIVN LICPHRPWPD RQWGLCIFDD VIEHCSPASFKYAEYFLRPM LQYVCDNSPE VRQAAAYGLG VMAQYGGDNY RPFCTEALPLLVRVIQSADS KTKENVNATE NCISAVGKIM KFKPDCVNVE EVLPHWLSWLPLHEDKEEAV QTFNYLCDLI ESNHPIVLGP NNTNLPKIFS IIAEGEMHEAIKHEDPCAKR LANVVRQVQT SGGLWTECIA QLSPEQQAAI QELLNSA 41 Human PTH2;MPSKSLVMEY LAHPSTLGLA VGVACGMCLG WSLRVCFGML PKSKTSKTHT SwissProtDTESEASILG DSGEYKMILV VRNDLKMGKG KVAAQCSHAA VSAYKQIQRR Q9Y3E5.1NPEMLKQWEY CGQPKVVVKA PDEETLIALL AHAKMLGLTV SLIQDAGRTQIAPGSQTVLG IGPGPADLID KVTGHLKLY 42 HumanMKDVPGFLQQ SQNSGPGQPA VWHRLEELYT KKLWHQLTLQ VLDFVQDPCF PSD13;AQGDGLIKLY ENFISEFEHR VNPLSLVEII LHVVRQMTDP NVALTFLEKT SwissProtREKVKSSDEA VILCKTAIGA LKLNIGDLQV TKETIEDVEE MLNNLPGVTS Q9UNM6.2VHSRFYDLSS KYYQTIGNHA SYYKDALRFL GCVDIKDLPV SEQQERAFTLGLAGLLGEGV FNFGELLMHP VLESLRNTDR QWLIDTLYAF NSGNVERFQTLKTAWGQQPD LAANEAQLLR KIQLLCLMEM TFTRPANHRQ LTFEEIAKSAKITVNEVELL VMKALSVGLV KGSIDEVDKR VHMTWVQPRV LDLQQIKGMKDRLEFWCTDV KSMEMLVEHQ AHDILT 43 HumanMQRRGALFGM PGGSGGRKMA AGDIGELLVP HMPTIRVPRS GDRVYKNECA UBP13;FSYDSPNSEG GLYVCMNTFL AFGREHVERH FRKTGQSVYM HLKRHVREKV SwissProtRGASGGALPK RRNSKIFLDL DTDDDLNSDD YEYEDEAKLV IFPDHYEIAL Q92995.2PNIEELPALV TIACDAVLSS KSPYRKQDPD TWENELPVSK YANNLTQLDNGVRIPPSGWK CARCDLRENL WLNLTDGSVL CGKWFFDSSG GNGHALEHYRDMGYPLAVKL GTITPDGADV YSFQEEEPVL DPHLAKHLAH FGIDMLHMHGTENGLQDNDI KLRVSEWEVI QESGTKLKPM YGPGYTGLKN LGNSCYLSSVMQAIFSIPEF QRAYVGNLPR IFDYSPLDPT QDFNTQMTKL GHGLLSGQYSKPPVKSELIE QVMKEEHKPQ QNGISPRMFK AFVSKSHPEF SSNRQQDAQEFFLHLVNLVE RNRIGSENPS DVFRFLVEER IQCCQTRKVR YTERVDYLMQLPVAMEAATN KDELIAYELT RREAEANRRP LPELVRAKIP FSACLQAFSEPENVDDFWSS ALQAKSAGVK TSRFASFPEY LVVQIKKFTF GLDWVPKKFDVSIDMPDLLD INHLRARGLQ PGEEELPDIS PPIVIPDDSK DRLMNQLIDPSDIDESSVMQ LAEMGFPLEA CRKAVYFTGN MGAEVAFNWI IVHMEEPDFAEPLTMPGYGG AASAGASVFG ASGLDNQPPE EIVAIITSMG FQRNQAIQALRATNNNLERA LDWIFSHPEF EEDSDFVIEM ENNANANIIS EAKPEGPRVKDGSGTYELFA FISHMGTSTM SGHYICHIKK EGRWVIYNDH KVCASERPPK DLGYMYFYRRIPS

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1433B_HUMAN ABCE1_HUMAN AGM1_HUMAN AN32B_HUMAN 1433E_HUMAN ABCF1_HUMANAGO1_HUMAN AN32E_HUMAN 1433F_HUMAN ABCF2_HUMAN AGO2_HUMAN ANFY1_HUMAN1433G_HUMAN ABCF3_HUMAN AHNK_HUMAN ANLN_HUMAN 1433T_HUMAN ABHD2_HUMANAHSA1_HUMAN ANM1_HUMAN 1433Z_HUMAN ABT1_HUMAN AIBP_HUMAN ANM5_HUMAN1A01_HUMAN ACACA_HUMAN AIF1L_HUMAN ANR26_HUMAN 1A02_HUMAN ACBD6_HUMANAIFM1_HUMAN ANR46_HUMAN 1B07_HUMAN ACBP_HUMAN AIMP1_HUMAN ANX11_HUMAN1C07_HUMAN ACHA5_HUMAN AIMP2_HUMAN ANXA1_HUMAN 2A5D_HUMAN ACINU_HUMANAINX_HUMAN ANXA2_HUMAN 2AAA_HUMAN ACLY_HUMAN AIP_HUMAN ANXA5_HUMAN2ABA_HUMAN ACO13_HUMAN AKA11_HUMAN ANXA6_HUMAN 2ABD_HUMAN ACOD_HUMANAKA12_HUMAN AOFA_HUMAN 3BP5_HUMAN ACSL1_HUMAN AKAP1_HUMAN AP1G1_HUMAN41_HUMAN ACSL3_HUMAN AKAP9_HUMAN AP1M1_HUMAN 4F2_HUMAN ACSL4_HUMANAKIB1_HUMAN AP2A1_HUMAN 5NT3_HUMAN ACTA_HUMAN AKP13_HUMAN AP2A2_HUMAN6PGD_HUMAN ACTB_HUMAN AKP8L_HUMAN AP2A_HUMAN 6PGL_HUMAN ACTN1_HUMANAKT2_HUMAN AP2B1_HUMAN A0PJ76_HUMAN ACTN4_HUMAN AL3A2_HUMAN AP2M1_HUMANA2I9Y7_HUMAN ACTZ_HUMAN AL7A1_HUMAN AP2S1_HUMAN A4UCU2_HUMAN ACV1B_HUMANAL9A1_HUMAN AP3B1_HUMAN A4_HUMAN ACYP1_HUMAN ALBU_HUMAN AP3D1_HUMANA7UJ17_HUMAN ADAM9_HUMAN ALDOA_HUMAN AP3M1_HUMAN A8K781_HUMANADCY3_HUMAN ALDR_HUMAN AP3S1_HUMAN A8K7N0_HUMAN ADCY9_HUMAN ALG5_HUMANAP3S2_HUMAN A8KAM7_HUMAN ADDA_HUMAN ALG6_HUMAN APBA2_HUMAN AAAS_HUMANADHX_HUMAN ALKB5_HUMAN APC1_HUMAN AAAT_HUMAN ADNP_HUMAN ALO17_HUMANAPC4_HUMAN AACS_HUMAN ADPPT_HUMAN AMD_HUMAN APC5_HUMAN AAKG1_HUMANADRM1_HUMAN AMOL1_HUMAN APC7_HUMAN AAMP_HUMAN ADT1_HUMAN AMOT_HUMANAPC_HUMAN AAPK2_HUMAN ADT2_HUMAN AMPL_HUMAN APEX1_HUMAN AATF_HUMANADT3_HUMAN AMPM2_HUMAN API5_HUMAN ABC3C_HUMAN AES_HUMAN AMRA1_HUMANAPLP2_HUMAN ABCA3_HUMAN AF1Q_HUMAN AN13A_HUMAN APOL2_HUMAN ABCB6_HUMANAFF4_HUMAN AN13B_HUMAN APOO_HUMAN ABCBA_HUMAN AGAL_HUMAN AN13C_HUMANAPR_HUMAN ABCD3_HUMAN AGK_HUMAN AN32A_HUMAN APT_HUMAN AR6P1_HUMANAT12A_HUMAN B3KPC1_HUMAN BCCIP_HUMAN AR6P4_HUMAN AT131_HUMANB3KRI9_HUMAN BCD1_HUMAN ARF1_HUMAN AT132_HUMAN B3KTN8_HUMAN BCLF1_HUMANARF4_HUMAN AT1A1_HUMAN B4DE27_HUMAN BCOR_HUMAN ARF5_HUMAN AT2A2_HUMANB4DIH6_HUMAN BDH2_HUMAN ARF6_HUMAN AT2B1_HUMAN B4DIM0_HUMAN BET1L_HUMANARFG1_HUMAN AT2B4_HUMAN B4DKA3_HUMAN BET1_HUMAN ARFG2_HUMAN AT2C1_HUMANB4DKB3_HUMAN BEX4_HUMAN ARH40_HUMAN AT5F1_HUMAN B4DL94_HUMAN BHLH9_HUMANARHG7_HUMAN ATAD1_HUMAN B4DLR3_HUMAN BI1_HUMAN ARI1A_HUMAN ATBD4_HUMANB4DMT9_HUMAN BIEA_HUMAN ARI1_HUMAN ATF1_HUMAN B4DNE0_HUMAN BIRC2_HUMANARI2_HUMAN ATF2_HUMAN B4DSP0_HUMAN BIRC5_HUMAN ARID2_HUMAN ATF7_HUMANB4DW33_HUMAN BIRC6_HUMAN ARIP4_HUMAN ATG3_HUMAN B4E184_HUMAN BL1S1_HUMANARL1_HUMAN ATLA2_HUMAN B4E2Y0_HUMAN BMP2K_HUMAN ARL2_HUMAN ATLA3_HUMANB7H6_HUMAN BNI3L_HUMAN ARL3_HUMAN ATM_HUMAN B7Z2A7_HUMAN BNIP2_HUMANARL6_HUMAN ATOX1_HUMAN B7Z4W9_HUMAN BOD1L_HUMAN ARL8B_HUMAN ATP7B_HUMANB7Z613_HUMAN BOD1_HUMAN ARM10_HUMAN ATPA_HUMAN B7Z6F8_HUMAN BOP1_HUMANARMC1_HUMAN ATPB_HUMAN B7Z780_HUMAN BOREA_HUMAN ARMC6_HUMAN ATPG_HUMANB7Z8Y4_HUMAN BORG5_HUMAN ARMC8_HUMAN ATPO_HUMAN B9D1_HUMAN BPNT1_HUMANARMX3_HUMAN ATR_HUMAN BABA1_HUMAN BRAP_HUMAN ARP19_HUMAN ATX10_HUMANBACD3_HUMAN BRAT1_HUMAN ARP2_HUMAN ATX2_HUMAN BACH_HUMAN BRCA1_HUMANARP3_HUMAN ATX3_HUMAN BAF_HUMAN BRCC3_HUMAN ARP5L_HUMAN AUP1_HUMANBAG2_HUMAN BRAP_HUMAN ARP8_HUMAN AURKA_HUMAN BAG5_HUMAN BRD4_HUMANARPC2_HUMAN AURKB_HUMAN BAG6_HUMAN BRE1A_HUMAN ARPC3_HUMAN AVEN_HUMANBAP18_HUMAN BRE1B_HUMAN ARPC4_HUMAN AZI1_HUMAN BAP29_HUMAN BRE_HUMANARPC5_HUMAN AZI2_HUMAN BAP31_HUMAN BRK1_HUMAN ARV1_HUMAN AZIN1_HUMANBARD1_HUMAN BROX_HUMAN ASB13_HUMAN B1AK87_HUMAN BASI_HUMAN BRWD3_HUMANASCC2_HUMAN B1ALK7_HUMAN BASP1_HUMAN BSDC1_HUMAN ASNA_HUMAN B2CI53_HUMANBAX_HUMAN BT2A1_HUMAN ASNS_HUMAN B2L12_HUMAN BAZ1A_HUMAN BT3L4_HUMANASPP1_HUMAN B2L13_HUMAN BAZ1B_HUMAN BTBD1_HUMAN ASPP2_HUMAN B2RDE1_HUMANBAZ2A_HUMAN BTBD2_HUMAN ASXL2_HUMAN B3A2_HUMAN BBS1_HUMAN BTBDA_HUMANAT11C_HUMAN B3KNS4_HUMAN BBS2_HUMAN BTF3_HUMAN BUB1B_HUMAN CBR3_HUMANCDC16_HUMAN CFDP1_HUMAN BUB1_HUMAN CBS_HUMAN CDC20_HUMAN CG044_HUMANBUB3_HUMAN CBWD1_HUMAN CDC23_HUMAN CG074_HUMAN BYST_HUMAN CBX1_HUMANCDC27_HUMAN CGL_HUMAN BZW1_HUMAN CBX2_HUMAN CDC37_HUMAN CH055_HUMANBZW2_HUMAN CBX3_HUMAN CDC42_HUMAN CH059_HUMAN C19L1_HUMAN CBX5_HUMANCDC45_HUMAN CH10_HUMAN C1QBP_HUMAN CBX6_HUMAN CDC5L_HUMAN CH60_HUMANC1TC_HUMAN CC037_HUMAN CDC73_HUMAN CHC10_HUMAN C8AP2_HUMAN CC038_HUMANCDC7_HUMAN CHCH2_HUMAN C99L2_HUMAN CC075_HUMAN CDIPT_HUMAN CHCH3_HUMANCA031_HUMAN CC104_HUMAN CDK1_HUMAN CHD1_HUMAN CA043_HUMAN CC138_HUMANCDK2_HUMAN CHD4_HUMAN CA052_HUMAN CC167_HUMAN CDK4_HUMAN CHD8_HUMANCA055_HUMAN CC85B_HUMAN CDK5_HUMAN CHIC1_HUMAN CA124_HUMAN CCD14_HUMANCDKAL_HUMAN CHIC2_HUMAN CAB39_HUMAN CCD22_HUMAN CDV3_HUMAN CHK1_HUMANCAB45_HUMAN CCD47_HUMAN CDYL1_HUMAN CHM1A_HUMAN CACO2_HUMAN CCD50_HUMANCE025_HUMAN CHM1B_HUMAN CADH2_HUMAN CCD58_HUMAN CE170_HUMAN CHM2A_HUMANCADM1_HUMAN CCD72_HUMAN CE192_HUMAN CHM2B_HUMAN CAF1A_HUMAN CCD86_HUMANCE290_HUMAN CHM4B_HUMAN CAF1B_HUMAN CCD94_HUMAN CEBPZ_HUMAN CHMP5_HUMANCAH2_HUMAN CCD97_HUMAN CEGT_HUMAN CHRD1_HUMAN CAH8_HUMAN CCDB1_HUMANCELF1_HUMAN CHSP1_HUMAN CALD1_HUMAN CCDC6_HUMAN CENPB_HUMAN CHTOP_HUMANCALM_HUMAN CCDC8_HUMAN CENPF_HUMAN CI040_HUMAN CALU_HUMAN CCNA2_HUMANCENPH_HUMAN CI041_HUMAN CALX_HUMAN CCNB1_HUMAN CENPL_HUMAN CI064_HUMANCAN1_HUMAN CCNB2_HUMAN CENPN_HUMAN CI078_HUMAN CAN7_HUMAN CCND1_HUMANCENPQ_HUMAN CIB1_HUMAN CANB1_HUMAN CCNK_HUMAN CEP44_HUMAN CING_HUMANCAND1_HUMAN CCZ1L_HUMAN CEP55_HUMAN CIP2A_HUMAN CAP1_HUMAN CD032_HUMANCEP78_HUMAN CIR1A_HUMAN CAPR1_HUMAN CD11A_HUMAN CERS2_HUMAN CISD1_HUMANCAPZB_HUMAN CD123_HUMAN CETN1_HUMAN CISD2_HUMAN CARM1_HUMAN CD151_HUMANCETN2_HUMAN CISY_HUMAN CASC3_HUMAN CD276_HUMAN CF072_HUMAN CJ032_HUMANCASC5_HUMAN CD2AP_HUMAN CF106_HUMAN CK046_HUMAN CAV1_HUMAN CD320_HUMANCF115_HUMAN CK067_HUMAN CAZA1_HUMAN CD81_HUMAN CF130_HUMAN CK5P2_HUMANCBPD_HUMAN CD97_HUMAN CF192_HUMAN CK5P3_HUMAN CBR1_HUMAN CD99_HUMANCF211_HUMAN CKAP2_HUMAN CKAP5_HUMAN COPG_HUMAN CSN4_HUMAN CYBP_HUMANCKS1_HUMAN COPZ1_HUMAN CSN5_HUMAN CYBP_HUMAN CL023_HUMAN COQ2_HUMANCSN6_HUMAN CYC_HUMAN CL16A_HUMAN COR1B_HUMAN CSN7A_HUMAN CYFP1_HUMANCLCA_HUMAN COR1C_HUMAN CSN7B_HUMAN CYFP2_HUMAN CLCB_HUMAN COX17_HUMANCSPG5_HUMAN CYLD_HUMAN CLCC1_HUMAN COX41_HUMAN CSTF2_HUMAN CYTB_HUMANCLH1_HUMAN CP013_HUMAN CSTF3_HUMAN CYTSA_HUMAN CLIC1_HUMAN CP072_HUMANCSTFT_HUMAN CYTSB_HUMAN CLIC4_HUMAN CP080_HUMAN CT004_HUMAN D3DQ69_HUMANCMIP_HUMAN CP110_HUMAN CT011_HUMAN D3VVH3_HUMAN CN166_HUMAN CP135_HUMANCT030_HUMAN D6RDG3_HUMAN CN37_HUMAN CP250_HUMAN CTBP1_HUMAN DACH1_HUMANCNBP_HUMAN CP51A_HUMAN CTBP2_HUMAN DAD1_HUMAN CND1_HUMAN CPIN1_HUMANCTCF_HUMAN DAG1_HUMAN CND2_HUMAN CPNE1_HUMAN CTNA1_HUMAN DAXX_HUMANCND3_HUMAN CPNE3_HUMAN CTNB1_HUMAN DAZP1_HUMAN CNDG2_HUMAN CPNE5_HUMANCTND1_HUMAN DBLOH_HUMAN CNN3_HUMAN CPNE8_HUMAN CTR1_HUMAN DBNL_HUMANCNNM3_HUMAN CPNS1_HUMAN CTR2_HUMAN DBPA_HUMAN CNNM4_HUMAN CPSF1_HUMANCU059_HUMAN DC1L1_HUMAN CNOT1_HUMAN CPSF2_HUMAN CUED2_HUMAN DC1L2_HUMANCNOT8_HUMAN CPSF3_HUMAN CUL1_HUMAN DCA13_HUMAN CNOTA_HUMAN CPSF5_HUMANCUL2_HUMAN DCAF5_HUMAN CNO_HUMAN CPSF6_HUMAN CUL3_HUMAN DCAF6_HUMANCO038_HUMAN CPSF7_HUMAN CUL4A_HUMAN DCAF7_HUMAN CO044_HUMAN CPT1A_HUMANCUL4B_HUMAN DCAF8_HUMAN CO057_HUMAN CR021_HUMAN CUL5_HUMAN DCAKD_HUMANCOBL1_HUMAN CREB5_HUMAN CUL7_HUMAN DCAM_HUMAN COF1_HUMAN CRIPT_HUMANCUL9_HUMAN DCK_HUMAN COF2_HUMAN CRKL_HUMAN CUTA_HUMAN DCNL1_HUMANCOG2_HUMAN CRNL1_HUMAN CUTC_HUMAN DCNL5_HUMAN COG4_HUMAN CS010_HUMANCWC15_HUMAN DCPS_HUMAN COMD1_HUMAN CS043_HUMAN CWC22_HUMAN DCTN1_HUMANCOMD4_HUMAN CSDE1_HUMAN CWC27_HUMAN DCTN2_HUMAN COMD9_HUMAN CSK21_HUMANCX026_HUMAN DCTN4_HUMAN COMT_HUMAN CSK22_HUMAN CX056_HUMAN DCTP1_HUMANCOPA_HUMAN CSK2B_HUMAN CX057_HUMAN DCUP_HUMAN COPB2_HUMAN CSKP_HUMANCX6B1_HUMAN DCXR_HUMAN COPB_HUMAN CSK_HUMAN CX7A2_HUMAN DD19A_HUMANCOPD_HUMAN CSN1_HUMAN CXA1_HUMAN DDB1_HUMAN COPE_HUMAN CSN2_HUMANCY561_HUMAN DDB2_HUMAN COPG2_HUMAN CSN3_HUMAN CYB5B_HUMAN DDHD2_HUMANDDI1_HUMAN DHX40_HUMAN DRG1_HUMAN EDRF1_HUMAN DDI2_HUMAN DHX57_HUMANDRG2_HUMAN EEA1_HUMAN DDIT4_HUMAN DHX9_HUMAN DRS7B_HUMAN EF1A1_HUMANDDTL_HUMAN DHYS_HUMAN DSC3_HUMAN EF1A2_HUMAN DDX17_HUMAN DIAP1_HUMANDSCR3_HUMAN EF1B_HUMAN DDX18_HUMAN DICER_HUMAN DSG2_HUMAN EF1D_HUMANDDX1_HUMAN DIDO1_HUMAN DSRAD_HUMAN EF1G_HUMAN DDX20_HUMAN DIM1_HUMANDTL_HUMAN EF2K_HUMAN DDX21_HUMAN DIP2B_HUMAN DUS3L_HUMAN EF2_HUMANDDX23_HUMAN DJC11_HUMAN DUS3_HUMAN EFHD1_HUMAN DDX24_HUMAN DJC21_HUMANDUT_HUMAN EFNB1_HUMAN DDX27_HUMAN DKC1_HUMAN DVL1L_HUMAN EFTU_HUMANDDX3X_HUMAN DLL1_HUMAN DVL2_HUMAN EHD4_HUMAN DDX41_HUMAN DLRB1_HUMANDX39A_HUMAN EHMT1_HUMAN DDX46_HUMAN DMD_HUMAN DX39B_HUMAN EHMT2_HUMANDDX47_HUMAN DMKN_HUMAN DYH7_HUMAN EI2BA_HUMAN DDX59_HUMAN DNA2L_HUMANDYHC1_HUMAN EI2BB_HUMAN DDX5_HUMAN DNJA1_HUMAN DYHC2_HUMAN EI2BD_HUMANDDX6_HUMAN DNJA2_HUMAN DYL1_HUMAN EID1_HUMAN DEK_HUMAN DNJB1_HUMANDYL2_HUMAN EIF1A_HUMAN DEN4C_HUMAN DNJB2_HUMAN DYLT1_HUMAN EIF1_HUMANDENR_HUMAN DNJB3_HUMAN DYM_HUMAN EIF3A_HUMAN DEP1A_HUMAN DNJB4_HUMANDYN1_HUMAN EIF3B_HUMAN DESM_HUMAN DNJB6_HUMAN DYN2_HUMAN EIF3C_HUMANDESP_HUMAN DNJC7_HUMAN DYR_HUMAN EIF3D_HUMAN DEST_HUMAN DNJC8_HUMANDZIP3_HUMAN EIF3E_HUMAN DFFA_HUMAN DNJC9_HUMAN E2AK2_HUMAN EIF3F_HUMANDHAK_HUMAN DNLI1_HUMAN E41L2_HUMAN EIF3G_HUMAN DHB11_HUMAN DNLI3_HUMANE41L5_HUMAN EIF3H_HUMAN DHB12_HUMAN DNM1L_HUMAN E7EW20_HUMAN EIF3I_HUMANDHB4_HUMAN DNMT1_HUMAN E9PDP1_HUMAN EIF3K_HUMAN DHB7_HUMAN DOCK7_HUMANE9PHA7_HUMAN EIF3L_HUMAN DHC24_HUMAN DP13A_HUMAN E9PIE5_HUMANEIF3M_HUMAN DHCR7_HUMAN DPM1_HUMAN EAA1_HUMAN ELAV1_HUMAN DHRS1_HUMANDPOA2_HUMAN EAPP_HUMAN ELAV2_HUMAN DHRS3_HUMAN DPOD1_HUMAN EBP2_HUMANELMD2_HUMAN DHRS4_HUMAN DPOE1_HUMAN ECH1_HUMAN ELOB_HUMAN DHRS7_HUMANDPOE2_HUMAN ECHA_HUMAN ELOC_HUMAN DHSO_HUMAN DPOE3_HUMAN ECHM_HUMANELP1_HUMAN DHX15_HUMAN DPOLA_HUMAN ECM29_HUMAN ELP2_HUMAN DHX30_HUMANDPY30_HUMAN EDC3_HUMAN ELP3_HUMAN DHX32_HUMAN DPYL2_HUMAN EDC4_HUMANEM55_HUMAN DHX36_HUMAN DREB_HUMAN EDF1_HUMAN EMAL3_HUMAN EMAL4_HUMANEXOS9_HUMAN FBX42_HUMAN FWCH2_HUMAN EMD_HUMAN EZRI_HUMAN FBXL3_HUMANFXR1_HUMAN ENAH_HUMAN F10A1_HUMAN FBXL4_HUMAN FYV1_HUMAN ENOA_HUMANF115A_HUMAN FCF1_HUMAN FZD1_HUMAN ENOPH_HUMAN F120A_HUMAN FCHO2_HUMANFZR_HUMAN ENPLL_HUMAN F125A_HUMAN FCL_HUMAN G2E3_HUMAN ENPL_HUMANF127A_HUMAN FDFT_HUMAN G3BP1_HUMAN ENSA_HUMAN F127B_HUMAN FEM1A_HUMANG3BP2_HUMAN EP15R_HUMAN F136A_HUMAN FEM1B_HUMAN G3P_HUMAN EP400_HUMANF175B_HUMAN FEN1_HUMAN G6PI_HUMAN EPCAM_HUMAN F188A_HUMAN FETUA_HUMANGA45A_HUMAN EPHA2_HUMAN F195B_HUMAN FHL1_HUMAN GAK_HUMAN EPHA7_HUMANF208A_HUMAN FHL3_HUMAN GANAB_HUMAN EPIPL_HUMAN F263_HUMAN FIBP_HUMANGAPD1_HUMAN EPN1_HUMAN F6XY72_HUMAN FIP1_HUMAN GAR1_HUMAN EPN2_HUMANF8VZ13_HUMAN FIS1_HUMAN GASP2_HUMAN EPN4_HUMAN F92A1_HUMAN FKB1A_HUMANGATL1_HUMAN EPS15_HUMAN FA40A_HUMAN FKBP3_HUMAN GBB1_HUMAN ERBB4_HUMANFA49B_HUMAN FKBP4_HUMAN GBB2_HUMAN ERC6L_HUMAN FA50A_HUMAN FKBP5_HUMANGBB4_HUMAN ERCC2_HUMAN FA54A_HUMAN FKBP8_HUMAN GBF1_HUMAN ERCC3_HUMANFA54B_HUMAN FL2D_HUMAN GBG12_HUMAN ERCC5_HUMAN FA63A_HUMAN FLII_HUMANGBG5_HUMAN ERCC6_HUMAN FA98A_HUMAN FLNA_HUMAN GBLP_HUMAN ERF1_HUMANFABP5_HUMAN FLNB_HUMAN GBRAP_HUMAN ERF3A_HUMAN FACD2_HUMAN 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What is claimed is:
 1. A method of increasing mitophagy in a cellcomprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30.
 2. A methodof increasing mitochondrial ubiquitination in a cell comprisingcontacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30.
 3. A method ofincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, at least nine, at least ten, at least eleven, at least twelve, atleast thirteen, or fourteen proteins selected from Tom20, MIRO, MUL1,ASNS, FKBP8, TOM70, MAT2B, PRDX3, IDE, VDAC1, VDAC2, VDAC3, IP05, PSD13,UBP13, and PTH2 in a cell comprising contacting the cell with aninhibitor of USP30.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the methodcomprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, orthree amino acids selected from K56, K61, and K68 of Tom
 20. 5. Themethod of claim 3, wherein the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, or eight amino acidsselected from K153, K187, K330, K427, K512, K535, K567, and K572 ofMIRO.
 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, or three amino acidsselected from K273, K299, and K52 of MUL1.
 7. The method of claim 3,wherein the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one,at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, at leastsix, at least seven, at least eight, or nine amino acids selected fromK147, K168, K176, K221, K244, K275, K478, K504, and K556 of ASNS.
 8. Themethod of claim 3, wherein the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, or eight amino acidsselected from K249, K271, K273, K284, K307, K317, K334, and K340 ofFKBP8.
 9. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, atleast nine, or at least ten amino acids selected from K78, K120, K123,K126, K129, K148, K168, K170, K178, K185, K204, K230, K233, K245, K275,K278, K312, K326, K349, K359, K441, K463, K470, K471, K494, K501, K524,K536, K563, K570, K599, K600, and K604 of TOM70.
 10. The method of claim3, wherein the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at leastone, at least two, at least three, or four amino acids selected fromK209, K245, K316, and K326 of MAT2B.
 11. The method of claim 3, whereinthe method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one, at leasttwo, at least three, at least four, or five amino acids selected fromK83, K91, K166, K241, and K253 of PRDX3.
 12. The method of claim 3,wherein the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of at least one,at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, or six aminoacids selected from K558, K657, K854, K884, K929, and K933 of IDE. 13.The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprises increasingubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, or seven amino acids selected fromK20, K53, K61, K109, K110, K266, and K274 of VDAC1.
 14. The method ofclaim 3, wherein the method comprises increasing ubiquitination of atleast one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five,or six amino acids selected from K31, K64, K120, K121, K277, and K285 ofVDAC2.
 15. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, or eightamino acids selected from K20, K53, K61, K109, K110, K163, K266, andK274 of VDAC3.
 16. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at at least one, at least two, at leastthree, at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, atleast eight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected fromK238, K353, K436, K437, K548, K556, K613, K678, K690, K705, K775, andK806 of IP05.
 17. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected from K2, K32,K99, K115, K122, K132, K161, K186, K313, K321, K347, K350, and K361 ofPSD13.
 18. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, at least nine, or at least ten amino acids selected from K18,K190, K259, K326, K328, K401, K405, K414, K418, K435, K586, K587, andK640 of UBP13.
 19. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprisesincreasing ubiquitination of at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, or nine amino acids selected from 47, 76, 81, 95, 106, 119, 134,171, 177 of PTH2.
 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is underoxidative stress.
 21. A method of reducing oxidative stress in a cellcomprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor of USP30.
 22. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the cell comprises a pathogenic mutation inParkin, a pathogenic mutation in PINK1, or a pathogenic mutation inParkin and a pathogenic mutation in PINK1.
 23. The method of claim 22,wherein the cell comprises a pathogenic mutation in Parkin selected fromthe mutations in Table
 1. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the cellcomprises a pathogenic mutation in PINK1 selected from the mutations inTable
 2. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell is selected from aneuron, a cardiac cell, and a muscle cell.
 26. The method of claim 1,wherein the cell is comprised in a subject.
 27. The method of claim 1,wherein the cell is ex vivo or in vitro.
 28. A method of treating acondition involving a mitochondrial defect in a subject comprisingadministering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor ofUSP30.
 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the condition involving amitochondrial defect is selected from a condition involving a mitophagydefect, a condition involving a mutation in mitochondrial DNA, acondition involving mitochondrial oxidative stress, a conditioninvolving a defect in mitochondrial shape or morphology, a conditioninvolving a defect in mitochondrial membrane potential, and a conditioninvolving a lysosomal storage defect.
 30. The method of claim 28,wherein the condition involving a mitochondrial defect is selected froma neurodegenerative disease; mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy,lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome; Leber'shereditary optic neuropathy (LHON); neuropathy, ataxia, retinitispigmentosa-maternally inherited Leigh syndrome (NARP-MILS); Danondisease; ischemic heart disease leading to myocardial infarction;multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD); mucolipidosis II (ML II);mucolipidosis III (ML III); mucolipidosis IV (ML IV); GM1-gangliosidosis(GM1); neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCL1); Alpers disease; Barthsyndrome; Beta-oxidation defects; carnitine-acyl-carnitine deficiency;carnitine deficiency; creatine deficiency syndromes; co-enzyme Q10deficiency; complex I deficiency; complex II deficiency; complex IIIdeficiency; complex IV deficiency; complex V deficiency; COX deficiency;chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia syndrome (CPEO); CPT Ideficiency; CPT II deficiency; glutaric aciduria type II; Kearns-Sayresyndrome; lactic acidosis; long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase deficiency(LCHAD); Leigh disease or syndrome; lethal infantile cardiomyopathy(LIC); Luft disease; glutaric aciduria type II; medium-chain acyl-CoAdehydrongenase deficiency (MCAD); myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-redfiber (MERRF) syndrome; mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome;mitochondrial cytopathy; mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome;myoneurogastointestinal disorder and encephalopathy; Pearson syndrome;pyruvate carboxylase deficiency; pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; POLGmutations; medium/short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (M/SCHAD)deficiency; and very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrongenase (VLCAD)deficiency.
 31. The method of claim 30, wherein the neurodegenerativedisease is selected from Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease, ischemia,stroke, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia.
 32. Amethod of treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject comprisingadministering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor ofUSP30.
 33. The method of claim 32, wherein the neurodegenerative diseaseis selected from Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington'sdisease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ischemia, stroke, dementiawith Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia.
 34. A method of treatingParkinson's disease in a subject comprising administering to the subjectan effective amount of an inhibitor of USP30.
 35. The method of claim28, wherein the subject comprises a pathogenic mutation in Parkin, apathogenic mutation in PINK1, or a pathogenic mutation in Parkin and apathogenic mutation in PINK1 in at least a portion of the subject'scells.
 36. The method of claim 35, wherein the pathogenic mutation inParkin is selected from the mutations in Table
 1. 37. The method ofclaim 35, wherein the pathogenic mutation in PINK1 is selected from themutations in Table
 2. 38. A method of treating a condition involvingcells undergoing oxidative stress in a subject comprising administeringto the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of USP30.
 39. Themethod of claim 28, wherein the inhibitor of USP30 is administeredorally, intramuscularly, intravenously, intraarterially,intraperitoneally, or subcutaneously.
 40. The method of claim 28,wherein the method comprises administering at least one additionaltherapeutic agent.
 41. The method of claim 40, wherein the at least oneadditional therapeutic agent is selected from levodopa, a dopamineagonist, a monoamino oxygenase (MAO) B inhibitor, a catecholO-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, an anticholinergic, amantadine,riluzole, a cholinesterase inhibitor, memantine, tetrabenazine, anantipsychotic, clonazepam, diazepam, an antidepressant, and ananti-convulsant.
 42. The method of claim 1, wherein the inhibitor ofUSP30 is an inhibitor of USP30 expression.
 43. The method of claim 42,wherein the inhibitor of USP30 expression is selected from an antisenseoligonucleotide and a short interfering RNA (siRNA).
 44. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the inhibitor of USP30 is an inhibitor of USP30activity.
 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the inhibitor of USP30activity is selected from an antibody, a peptide, a peptibody, anaptamer, and a small molecule.
 46. A peptide comprising the amino acidsequence: X₁X₂CX₃X₄X₅X₆X₇X₈X₉X₁₀X₁₁CX₁₂ (SEQ ID NO: 48)

wherein: X₁ is selected from L, M, A, S, and V; X₂ is selected from Y,D, E, I, L, N, and S; X₃ is selected from F, I, and Y; X₄ is selectedfrom F, I, and Y; X₅ is selected from D and E; X₆ is selected from L, M,V, and P; X₇ is selected from S, N, D, A, and T; X₈ is selected from Y,D, F, N, and W; X₉ is selected from G, D, and E; X₁₀ is selected from Yand F; X_(1i) is selected from L, V, M, Q, and W; and X₁₂ is selectedfrom F, L, C, V, and Y; wherein the peptide inhibits USP30 with an 1050of less than 10 μM.
 47. The peptide of claim 46, wherein the 1050 of thepeptide for at least one, at least two, or at least three peptidasesselected from USP7, USP5, UCHL3, and USP2 is greater than 20 μM, greaterthan 30 μM, greater than 40 μM, or greater than 50 μM.
 48. The peptideof claim 46, wherein the peptide comprises an amino acid sequence thatis at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or 100%identical to an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 22.49. An antisense oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence thatis at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or 100%complementary to a region of USP30 mRNA and/or a region of USP30pre-mRNA, wherein the region is at least at least 10, at least 15, atleast 20, at least 25, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, or at least 100 nucleotideslong.
 50. An siRNA comprising a nucleotide sequence that is at least80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or 100% identical to aregion of USP30 mRNA and/or a region of USP30 pre-mRNA, wherein theregion is at least at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, or at least 25nucleotides long.